Sv. Pētera baznīca, Skatu tornis

Riga St. Peter's Church (German: Petrikirche) is the highest church in Riga, as well as the remarkable Gothic 13th century architectural monument of national importance. St. Peter's Church is located in Old Town, Skarnu 19th Built in the 1209th year, but from the 13th century, preserved in the present area of ​​the building side walls and a few pillars of the interior. By the 1524th year it was a Roman Catholic church, but from the 1526th to 1940. The Riga was a Lutheran St. Peter's German parish church since 1991. On St. Peter's Church of the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Riga St. St. Peter's Lutheran Church congregation.
Religious activities, Sun. Peter's Church governed by the Law on Religious Organizations, and other laws and regulations. It is used as places of worship, concerts, thematic exhibitions on urban development and architecture, art exhibitions, cultural events will take place, as well as an international cultural tourist attraction, which is available daily visitors. The building and land around it the Riga city property. Currently, St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church, free of charge for a number of church facilities, but the Latvian government is continuing to fund the church research, conservation and restoration works.

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