Riga Circus (formerly the Salamonsky Circus), Merķeļa iela

<p>The Riga Circus building on Merķeļa iela was built in 1888 to a design by the architect Jānis-Frīdrihs Baumanis. The street was formerly called Paulucci iela, and the circus itself was the Salamonsky Circus.</p>
<p>Albert Salamonsky was a circus performer by family tradition, an entrepreneur and a director. He founded not only the Riga circus but also the Moscow one, known today as the Nikulin Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.</p>
<p>A photograph from the 1920s survives: the Salamonsky Circus on Paulucci iela.</p>
<h3>Where it is</h3>
<p>Merķeļa iela, Riga.</p>