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Landmark 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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  • 1. Toompea Hill Tallinn
    Toompea Castle is a castle on Toompea hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The castle, an ancient stronghold site in use since at least the 9th century, today houses the Parliament of Estonia.
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  • 4. Viru Gates Tallinn
    Muuga is a village in Laekvere Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.
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  • 5. Freedom Square Tallinn
    Freedom Square is a plaza on the southern end of the Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia, where the military parades and various concerts take place. It is bounded on the east by St. John's Church , on the south by Kaarli Boulevard and an underground shopping center , and on the west by a Victory Column commemorating the Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920. The current design was created by architects Tiit Trummal, Veljo Kaasik and Andres Alver. Before 2010, it was a parking lot. It has an area of 7752 m² with the dimensions approx. 110 m by 75 m. During the Soviet period, Freedom Square was known as the Victory Square . In the USSR, the square hosted parades in honor of holidays like Victory Day, the October Revolution, and before 1969, International Workers' Day.
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  • 6. Fat Margaret (Paks Margareeta) Tallinn
    The Estonian Maritime Museum is located in the Fat Margaret tower in the old town of Tallinn. The museum presents the history of ships and navigation in Estonia and related to Estonia. Other parts of the Maritime Museum are the mine museum and the Seaplane Harbour where museum ships are presented.
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  • 7. St. Catherine's Passage Tallinn
    St. Catherine's Dominican Monastery, often simply St. Catherine's Monastery or the Dominican Monastery , is a former monastery and one of the oldest buildings in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located in the heart of Tallinn's Old Town district full of warehouses and merchants' houses. Its remains constitute one of two remaining medieval monastery complexes in Tallinn.
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  • 9. Viru Square Tallinn
    Viru Square was a square in the center of Tallinn, Estonia. It existed as a square until 2002 when the construction of Viru Centre began. Currently there's only a roundabout and an official street name left of the former open area. The roundabout is the intersection of three main streets of Tallinn: Pärnu maantee , Narva maantee , Mere puistee ; and two smaller: Viru tänav and Vana-Viru tänav . Also all of the four tram lines of Tallinn go through the roundabout.
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