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Old Riga cat house
10 Meistaru Street (1909, architect Friedrich Scheffel). Known as the "Cat House"
because of the cats that sit atop its corner towers, this building was put up specifically
to display the owner's superiority over the owners of the Great Guild building which
is nearby. The facade has a medieval air to it, but it does include some decorative
motifs from the school of Art Nouveau, particularly in the portal. One of the portals
has masks that are typical of Art Nouveau.
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