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The Swedish Gate (Zviedru vārti) is the only surviving gate of Riga's medieval city walls. Built in 1698 during the Swedish Empire's rule over Livonia, the gate was carved directly through an existing residential building as a shortcut to the Swedish military barracks.
The gate was cut through a building on Torņa iela to provide soldiers access between the city and the barracks. According to legend, a young woman who had been meeting a Swedish soldier in secret was bricked into the wall as punishment, and her ghost still haunts the passage.