Cat house Riga Latvia
The Cat House is named for two black felines perched on the points of its towers Not only did the beasts curse their first sculptor he fatally fell while putting them up but their purpose was to cause trouble Roughly 100 years ago the Latvian owner of the building was excluded from the powerful Big Guild across the road by its ethnocentric German occupants He ordered the cats to be turned around backside up as an insult to his enemies They were turned around after a lengthy court battle and he was eventually admitted to the Guild
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