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  Russia/Eastern Europe II  
       
  This intricate mechanical clock on the Town Hall in Prague has been marking the hours since medieval times.  
       
  The city's oldest house, on "Gold Street" in the environs of Hradcany Castle, serves as an excellent conduit for the modern visitor back to life in medieval Prague.  
       
  This elegant villa, a reminder of the past glory of Riga, the capital of Latvia, today houses the French Embassy. Because of the emphasis placed by the French on the importance of historical sites, the most beautiful buildings in capitals throughout the world have often been purchased as French embassies.  
       
  The "Three Brothers," adjacent medieval houses in Riga's old district, date from the fifteenth century. The merchant family lived on the ground floor, while upper floors were used for storage.  
       
  Since the fall of the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites, musicians no longer receive a subsidy from the state, and some must play for pedestrians to earn a living. Here a quartet performs on a street corner in Riga.  
       
  Strikers in front of the parliament building in Tallinn. Since the dissolution of the Soviet empire, the Estonian people have felt much freer to express their concerns.  
       
  This wedding is taking place in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, on the site of a monument to commemorate the 27,000 Russian soldiers who lost their lives in the Afghanistan war. Reportedly half of those killed in the war were from Belarus. In this case, however, the groom is from Syria, which only accentuates the multinational composition of today's world.  
       
  The medieval town of Dubrovnik, located on the spectacular coast of Croatia, was once an independent maritime republic. In the sixteenth century it acted as an entrepôt for trade in the Mediterranean. In 1808 it was briefly captured by Napoleon. It became part of Yugoslavia in 1918 and remains a jewel of architectural delights, as glimpsed in this bird's-eye view of the city.  
       
   
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