Editing St. Peter's Church, Riga (section)

===Second reconstruction===
[[File:Burning of St. Peter's Church, Riga, Latvia, 1941.jpg|thumb|203x203px|Burning of St. Peter's Church (1941)|left]]
Artillery fire destroyed the church on 29 June 1941. Conservation and restoration began 1954 with research by architect [[Pēteris Saulītis]]. The work was carried out from 1967 to 1983 under the direction of Saulītis and architect [[Gunārs Zirnis]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latvijasvestnesis.lv/pzni/body_print.php?id=55977 |title=Iezīmēta vieta, kur sākas Latvijas Republika |author=Jānis Klētnieks |publisher=Latvijas Vēstnesis |language=Latvian |date=28 November 2001 |accessdate=9 April 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Renovation began with the metal tower frame. A rooster – a precise reproduction of the previous rooster and the seventh rooster in all – was placed atop the steeple 21 August 1970. The renovated tower clock began to show time in July 1975. According to tradition, it has only an hour hand. The bell music began in 1976; it plays the Latvian folk melody "''[[Rīga dimd]]''" five times a day and bells ring at the top of every hour. The tower has an [[elevator]] installed that allows visitors a view of Riga from a height of {{convert|72|m}}. Renovation of the interior of the church ended in 1984. The Polish company "''PKZ''" restored the main facade and portals in 1987–91. The St. Peter's Latvian Lutheran congregation resumed services in the church 1991, and the church was returned to the ownership of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia]] on 4 April 2006.

During World War II, the church lost an important object of cultural heritage - an impressive bronze candelabrum made in 1596 - which was taken to the town of [[Włocławek]] by Germans from Riga, resettled during "[[Heim ins Reich]]" action to annexed Polish territories. The 310&nbsp;cm high and 378&nbsp;cm wide candelabrum, previously called a standing lantern, was ordered by the City Council of Riga from the metal founder Hans Meyer's Riga foundry. After the war, it was displayed in Włocławek's Basilica Cathedral of the St. Mary of Assumption. On 1 March 2012 this piece of the Late Renaissance art returned to its ancient home, as a result of an agreement on the repatriation of cultural properties. The statue of the rooster on the top of the church weighs 158&nbsp;kg and 140 grams of gold were used to gold plate the statue.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://peterbaznica.riga.lv/en/history-/ | title=Rīgas Sv. Pētera baznīca - History | accessdate=19 February 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://latvia.lv/et/library/latvia-recovers-two-cultural-treasures | title=Latvia recovers two cultural treasures | access-date=19 February 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219195535/http://latvia.lv/et/library/latvia-recovers-two-cultural-treasures | archive-date=19 February 2015}}</ref>
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