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Cemetery Attractions In Tallinn

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Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland in Harju County. From the 13th century until 1918 , in languages other than Estonian, the city was known as Reval. Tallinn occupies an area of 159.2 km2 and has a population of 453,328.Tallinn, first mentioned in 1219, received city rights in 1248, but the earliest human settlements date back 5,000 years. The initial claim over the land was laid by the Danes in 1219, after a successful raid of Lindanise led by Valdemar II of Denmark, followed by a period of alternating Scandinavian and German rule. Due to its strategic loc...
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Cemetery Attractions In Tallinn

  • 2. Metsakalmistu Cemetery Tallinn
    Metsakalmistu is a cemetery in the Pirita district of Tallinn. Metsakalmistu was originally planned to be an open city medieval cemetery. Eduard Vilde was the first to be buried in 1933. The original area of the cemetery was 24.2 hectares, but since then, it has expanded to be 48.3 hectares. Metsakalmistu was officially unveiled in 1939. In the same year, 15 people were buried in the cemetery. In 1939, the nearby Kloostrimetsa Farm cemetery was created, which eventually, through expansion, became part of an expanded Metsakalmistu. At first, the designers of the cemetery were unanimous about the general design requirements of the cemetery, but the area still dominated by the appearance of a wild forest. Initially, the placement of crosses, girders, ranks, and the largest size of the calcare...
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