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Riga Radio and TV Tower

television tower in Riga, Latvia
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Riga Radio and TV Tower
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Summary

Riga Radio and TV Tower is a television tower[1]. It draws 1,084 Wikipedia views per month (television tower category, ranking #14 of 89).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Latgale Suburb[3]
  • Country: Latvia[4]
  • Architect: Gunārs Asaris[5], Q141735528[6]
  • Owned by: Latvia State Radio and Television Center[7]
  • Location: Zaķusala[8]
  • Postal code: LV-1050[9]
  • Commons category: Riga Radio and TV Tower[10]
  • Inception: 1986[11]
  • Official website: http://www.tvtornis.lv/[12]
  • Email address: mailto:info@lvrtc.lv[13]
  • Number of elevators: 4[14]
  • Heritage designation: local architectural monument[15]
  • Native label: Rīgas radio un televīzijas tornis[16]
  • Height: 368.5 m[17]
  • Appears in the heritage monument list: State protected cultural monuments in Latgale Suburb, Riga[18]
  • Street address: Zaķusalas krastmala 1[19]
  • Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from Riga Radio and TV Tower[20]

Why It Matters

Riga Radio and TV Tower has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Related Entities

Latvia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Latvijas Vēstnesis. Retrieved . vestnesis.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Latvijas Vēstnesis. Retrieved . vestnesis.lv. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Pjtrib · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Inception → +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Native label → {'lang': 'lv', 'text': 'Rīgas radio un televīzijas tornis'}
    Architect → Gunārs Asaris, Q141735528
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Architect: Q141735528, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1791997185334"
  2. 13d ago · דוד55 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 35
    Openstreetmap way id → 87780397
    Inception → +1986-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'e
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Inception: 1986"
  3. 24w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Zaķusala
    Number of elevators → {'amount': '+4'}
    Architect → Gunārs Asaris, Q141735528
    Inception → —
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Building", "RigaRadioAndTVTower::whx9n"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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