Riga Castle stands on the banks of the Daugava River. The article says it was founded in 1330 under a treaty between the Livonian Order and the city of Riga. Rigans destroyed it in 1484, and it was rebuilt from 1497 to 1515. The original was a three-floor building around a rectangular courtyard with four rectangular corner towers, and after 1484 two of the towers were replaced with round ones.
The Swedes built spacious annexes in 1641. An arsenal was attached in 1682 and demolished around 1783. The infobox lists Late Classicism, which the text does not support. The architect Eižens Laube renovated it in the 1930s.
A fire on the night of June 20, 2013 almost completely burned the Red Hall and severely damaged the White Hall, destroying about 34,000 square feet (3,200 m²). The northern part is the residence of the President of Latvia, and the southern part houses museums.
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