Toompea (from German: Domberg, "Cathedral Hill") is a limestone hill in the central part of the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The hill is an...
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Toompea castle (Estonian: Toompea loss) is a medieval castle on Toompea hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. In modern times,...
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Tallinn (section Toompea – Upper Town)
AD, a fortress was built in what is now central Tallinn, on the hill of Toompea. As an important port on a major trade route between Novgorod and western...
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'the Tall Hermann'; German: Langer Hermann) is a tower of the Toompea Castle, on Toompea (Domberg) hill in Tallinn (Reval), the capital of Estonia. The...
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around 2500 BCE. Around 1050, the first fortress was built on Tallinn - Toompea. As an important port for trade between Novgorod and Scandinavia, it became...
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The seat of the Parliament of Estonia in Toompea Castle...
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Petseri (Pechory), 1776-onwards, annexed to the Russian SFSR in 1945. Toompea, 1248/1265/1288–1785, 1796–1878, merged with Tallinn; Vana-Pärnu, 1251–1617...
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his priestly ministry in the cathedral. The cathedral was built onto the Toompea hill in central Tallinn to a design by architect Mikhail Preobrazhensky...
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Soviet flag was taken down permanently from the Pikk Hermann tower of the Toompea Castle in the capital city Tallinn. It was replaced with the blue-black-white...
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(Estonian: Stenbocki maja) is a prominent neo-classical building located on Toompea hill, Tallinn. It is the official seat of the Government of Estonia. The...
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