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Mazā Pils iela 4

Johans Kristofs Broce

Johann Christoph Brotze

Görlitz 1742 - Riga 1823
German pedagogue and ethnographer
(Wikipedia)

Jānis Strupulis
1996

Description

Stone plaque with bronze relief portrait and text in Latvian and German.

Inscription(s)

š strādāja baltijas novadpētnieks
rīgas ķeizariskā liceja rektors
JOHANS KRISTOFS BROCE
1742-1823

hier arbeitete der baltische heimatforscher
rektor des kaiserlichen lyzeums zu riga
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BROTZE
1742-1823

Here worked the Baltic homeland researcher
Director of the Riga Imperial Lyceum

Johann Christoph Brotze
1742-1823

Signature

monogram JS

Sculptor

Jānis Strupulis (Vecpiebalga 1949), Latvian medallist and painter (Wikipedia – Biography).

Sources & Information

Domus Rigensis, Gedenktafeln und Denkmäler.

Locatie (N 56°57'1" - E 24°6'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lv032; Photograph: 10 July 2013
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