Forest Cemetery, Riga

The prominent Baltic-German landscape architect Georg Kuphaldt was author of the original construction project presented 1908,[1] which should have appeared as a park with a central via funeralis, with many small and lateral paths along the graves with low fences and small monuments.

The Forest Cemetery was established 29 July 1910 following a decision made by the 3rd Imperial Duma, and it was inaugurated 19 June 1913.

[2] All burial ceremonies were conducted in a building erected 1913 after blueprints by the Baltic-German architect Wilhelm Neumann.

[3] During World War I, when the front closed in on Riga in 1916, the Forest Cemetery was receiving many fallen Latvian Riflemen.

Many notable Latvian politicians, military, and public figures are buried at the Forest Cemetery.