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Tallinn TV Tower is a free-standing structure with an observation deck, built to provide better telecommunication services for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympics regatta event. It is located near the suburb Pirita, six km north-east of the Tallinn city center. With its 313 m (1030.2 ft), the TV tower is the tallest nonbuilding structure in Tallinn. The tower was officially opened on 11 July 1980. The viewing platform at a height of 170 metres was open to the public until 26 November 2007, when it was closed for renovation. The tower began receiving visitors again on 5 April 2012. The building is administered by the public company Levira and is a member of the World Federation of Great Towers.
The Tallinn seaplane hangar in the current Seaplane Harbour was built in 1916–1917. It was planned to build three hangars, from the second hangar only the foundation could be built, which today is believed to have been preserved in the soil. The third hangar was not built at all.
3. Kadriorg Palace
Kadriorg Palace is an 18th-century Petrine Baroque palace in Kadriorg, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German name for the palace means "Catherine's valley". It was built in 1718–1725 to Nicola Michetti's designs by Gaetano Chiaveri and Mikhail Zemtsov. The palace currently houses the Kadriorg Art Museum, a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia, displaying foreign art from the 16th to 20th centuries. The building of the Kumu branch of the museum, showing Estonian art from the 18th century onwards is located nearby in the Kadriorg Park.
4. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Tallinn is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in central Tallinn, Estonia. It was built in 1894–1900, when the country was part of the former Russian Empire. The cathedral is the city's largest cupola church. The late Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929–2008) started his priestly ministry in the cathedral. It is the primary cathedral of the semi-autonomous Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
5. Joey Dunlop Memorial
William Joseph Dunlop was a Northern Irish motorcyclist from Ballymoney, County Antrim, who was noted for his performances at the Isle of Man TT. In 2015, he was voted Northern Ireland's greatest-ever sports star.
6. St Olaf's Church
St. Olaf’s Church or St. Olav's Church in Tallinn, Estonia, is believed to have been built in the 12th century and to have been the centre for old Tallinn's Scandinavian community before Denmark conquered Tallinn in 1219. Its dedication relates to King Olaf II of Norway. The first known written records referring to the church date back to 1267. It was extensively rebuilt during the 14th century.
7. Kopli kalmistupark
The Kopli cemetery was Estonia's largest Lutheran Baltic German cemetery, located in the suburb of Kopli in Tallinn. It contained thousands of graves of prominent citizens of Tallinn and stood from 1774 to shortly after World War II, when it was completely flattened and destroyed by the Soviet occupation authorities governing the country at the time. The former cemetery is now a public park.
8. Suur Tõll
Suur Tõll is an Estonian steam-powered icebreaker preserved in the Estonian Maritime Museum in Tallinn. She was originally built for the Russian Empire in 1914 by AG Vulcan in Stettin, Germany, as Tsar Mikhail Feodorovich. In 1917, she was taken over by the Bolsheviks and renamed Volynets. However, in 1918 she was captured by Finland and served as Wäinämöinen until 1922, when she was handed over to Estonia according to the Treaty of Tartu and renamed Suur Tõll. When Estonia was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940, the icebreaker rejoined the Soviet fleet and was again named Volynets. She remained in service until 1985.
9. St Mary's Cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral is a Lutheran cathedral church located on the Toompea hill in the medieval central part of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. Established in the 13th century, it is the oldest church in Tallinn and mainland Estonia, and the only building in Toompea which survived the 17th-century fire.
10. Mõigu kalmistu
Mõigu cemetery was a large Baltic German cemetery, located in the Tallinn suburb of Mõigu in Estonia. It served as the primary burial ground for the usually wealthy and noble citizens of the Toompea parish of Tallinn. Containing numerous graves, it stood for over 170 years from 1774 to shortly after World War II when it was completely flattened and destroyed by the Soviet occupation authorities governing the country at that time.
11. Estonian Maritime Museum
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 museum where ships are presented. The museum claims to be one of the largest museums in Estonia and the most popular.
12. War of Independence Victory Column
The Cross of Liberty and the Monument to the War of Independence is located in Freedom Square, Tallinn, Estonia. It was opened on 23 June 2009 as a memorial for those who fell during the Estonian War of Independence, through which the people of Estonia will be able to commemorate all those who had fought for freedom and independence. The pillar is 23.5 m high and consists of 143 glass plates. The memorial incorporates the Cross of Liberty, Estonia's most distinguished award established in 1919.
13. Kaitseväe kalmistu kabel
The Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn, sometimes called the Tallinn Military Cemetery, is one of the three cemeteries of the Tallinn City Centre Cemetery. It is situated about 3 kilometres outside the centre of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. During Estonian independence before the Soviet and German occupations of the 1940–1991 period, it was Estonia's foremost military cemetery.
14. Estonian National Opera
Estonian National Opera is the national opera company of Estonia. The company is based at the Estonia Theatre in Tallinn. The theatre has had several names throughout its existence. The latest one being "The Estonian National Opera", which was adopted in 1998. The company produces a lively and varied season which includes operas, ballets and operettas/musicals with over 500 people currently working at the Estonian National Opera.
15. Holy Spirit Church
The Church of the Holy Ghost or Church of the Holy Spirit is a medieval Lutheran church in the old town district of Tallinn, Estonia. It is located behind Raekoja plats, and lies opposite the Great Guild and Maiasmokk, Tallinn's oldest café.
16. 1924. aasta 1. detsembri riigipöördekatse käigus hukkunud kadettide monument
The monument to the cadets killed in the coup attempt of December 1, 1924, has been erected to four cadets of the Military United Educational Institutions Military School Alexander Tedre, August Udras, Arnold Allebras and Alexander Tomberg, who were killed in the December 1, 1924 coup attempt. The monument is located in The Tondi subdistrict of Kristiine district, Tallinn, at Tondi street 55/57.
Wikipedia: 1924. aasta 1. detsembri riigipöördekatse käigus hukkunud kadettide monument (ET)
17. Parditiigi park
Parditiigi Park is a park located in the Siili subdistrict of Mustamäe district, Tallinn, in the area between Nõmme tee, A. H. Tammsaare road and Sõpruse puiestee, which has arisen on a natural loggia.
18. Great Guild Hall
The Great Guild building is a building located in the Old Town of Tallinn, where the Tallinn Grand Guild, which unites merchants, operated in the Middle Ages. It is currently one of the buildings where the Estonian History Museum is located.
19. Tallinn Botanic Garden
Tallinn Botanic Garden, is a botanical garden in Tallinn, Estonia. It is located on the right bank of the Pirita River, in the Kloostrimetsa forest in Pirita district. With an area of 123 ha, it is the largest in Estonia.
20. Russalka Memorial
Russalka Memorial is a bronze monument sculpted by Amandus Adamson, erected on 7 September 1902 in Kadriorg, Tallinn, Estonia to mark the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Russian warship Rusalka, or "Mermaid", which sank en route to Finland in 1893. It was the first monument in Estonia made by an Estonian sculptor. The monument depicts an angel holding an Orthodox cross towards the assumed direction of the shipwreck. The model for the angel was the sculptor's housekeeper.
21. Rannamägi
Rannamägi is a green area in the center of Tallinn, between Rannamäe tee and Põhja puiestee, address Rannamäe tee 11. The Rannamäe road between Towers Square and the railway is also named after Rannamäe.
22. House of the Blackheads
House of the Blackheads, or House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is a former headquarters of the Brotherhood of Blackheads. Historically this was a professional association of ship owners, merchants and foreigners dating from the 14th century. They were active in Livonia but fled to Germany during the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States in 1940. The House of the Blackheads was visited by several Russian Emperors including Peter I, Paul I and Alexander I who also became honorable members the Brotherhood.
23. St. John's Church
St. John's Church is a large Lutheran parish church in Tallinn, Estonia. It is dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist, a disciple of Jesus Christ and author of the fourth Christian Gospel. Construction began in 1862, and the church was opened in 1867.
24. Tallinna vana juudi kalmistu
The Old Jewish Cemetery was a cemetery in the City Centre district of Tallinn, with its current address at 27 Magasini Street. It was destroyed in 1963. The location of the cemetery is marked by a tombstone walled in an old window valley along Magasin Street. The area of the cemetery is 0.36 ha.
25. Church of Saint Catherine
St. Catherine's Church in Tallinn was the church of the medieval St. Catherine's Monastery in the Old Town of Tallinn. This most powerful building of the monastery complex was located in the southern part of the monastery. The current address is the Russian 14a / Catherine Gear.
26. Rannakaitsepatarei varemed
The Coast Guard Battery No. 15, or Alexander Nevsky Battery, was a coastal defense battery belonging to the coastal defense system of the sea front of Peter the Great's sea fortress, the ruins of which are located in the northwestern part of the island of Aegna on the Kurikneeme.
27. Vladimir Lenin
Lenin's monument in Tartu was a monument to Vladimir Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union, on Riga Hill in Tartu, in front of the main building of the Estonian Agricultural Academy. The authors of the monument were sculptors August Vomm, Ferdi Sannamees and Garibaldi Pommer, and architects Mart Port and Lorenz Haljak.
28. Monument to the Revolution of 1905
Memorial to the Revolution of 1905 in Tallinn, Estonia, is a public monument erected to commemorate the events of the Revolution of 1905. The only writing upon the monument is the date of "1905", in a similar manner to its counterpart in Riga, Latvia.
29. Islandi väljak
Iceland Square is a square located in the center of Tallinn, Estonia, bordering Rävala Boulevard and the driving and parking strip on the southeast side of it between the square and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. The name of the square is dedicated to Iceland, which was the first country to recognize the restored Republic of Estonia.
30. Three Handed Mother of God Church
The Three Handed Mother of God Church is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that is located in the 22 street Laboratooriumi in Tallinn, Estonia. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia managed the building in the period between 1994 and 1997.
31. Fr. R. Kreutzwaldi ausammas
The Monument to Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald is a monument erected in memory of the Estonian writer and doctor Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald in Kadriorg Park in Tallinn. The authors of the monument are Endel Taniloo, Martin Saks and Harald Arman. It was completed in 1958.
Wikipedia: Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwaldi monument (Tallinn) (ET)
32. Tallinna Püha Siimeoni ja Naisprohvet Hanna kirik
St. Simeon's and St. Anne's Cathedral Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in Tallinn, Estonia. Construction of the original church on the site began in c. 1752, and it was consecrated in 1755. It was remodelled and extended in the 1870s. After being decommissioned in 1963 in the antireligion-era of Soviet control, it was used for various purposes while not under church authority. The fabric of the building was greatly altered during this period. In 1999, the process of returning the property to the Eastern Orthodox Church began, and since then it has been used by a congregation of the autonomous Estonian Orthodox Church (EAOK). Now a constituent parish and cathedral church of the EAOK archdiocese of Tallinn, it was extensively restored early in the 21st century. The church is dedicated to the saints Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess, both New Testament figures who appear in the Gospel of Luke.
Wikipedia: St. Simeon's and St. Anne's Cathedral Church, Tallinn (EN), Website
33. Balti pataljoni mälestussammas
The Monument to the Baltic Battalion is a monument to the fighters of the Baltic Battalion who fell during the War of Independence. The pillar is located in the courtyard at 6 Court Street in Toompea, Tallinn.
34. Mart Saar
The Mart Saare Monument is a monument created in memory of the composer Mart Saare. The monument, completed in 1982, was designed by sculptor Aime Kuulbusch-Mölder and architect Ike Volkov. The monument is located in Tallinn in the green area at the corner of Narva Road and A. Weizenbergi Street.
35. Kahala vesiveski
The Kahala watermill was a watermill in Kuusalu parish in the village of Kahala on the Loo River. This mill was one of the four watermills of Kolga Manor. The mill was transferred to the Estonian Open Air Museum in 1962, where it was opened to visitors in 1969.
36. Marie Under
The Marie Under Memorial is a monument erected in honor of the poet Marie Under in front of the National Library of Estonia in Tallinn. It opened on September 25, 2010, 30 years after Marie Under's death. The authors of the memorial are Mati Karmin and Tiit Trummal.
37. Solidaarsus
The Solidarity Memorial Stone is a monument in Tallinn's Freedom Square next to St. John's Church. On the turf side of the St. John's Church Music School, there is a Chopin bench playing music. The author of both monuments is the sculptor Aime Kuulbusch. The work was commissioned by the Polish Embassy in Tallinn. The objects were opened in August 2010.
38. 20. august 1991
The memorial stone of 20 August is a memorial stone located in Toompea, Tallinn, at the junction of Toompea Street and Falk Road, which commemorates the events related to the restoration of Estonia's independence on 20 August 1991.
39. Õnnelik korstnapühkija
"The Happy Chimney Sweep" is a bronze sculpture by Tauno Kangro, located on the Karjagate square in Tallinn. The sculpture depicts a walking and happy chimney sweep. The sculpture was inaugurated on May 15, 2010.
40. Sõjakooli park
Sõjakool Park is a park in the Kristiine district of Tallinn, near the Tondi Selver and Tondi barracks in the area between Marsi Street, Tammsaare Road and Sõjakooli Street. The area has a playground for children and a pond.
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