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Suur Munamägi (Estonian pronunciation: [ˈsuːr ˈmunɑ.mæɡi]; translation 'Big Egg Mountain') is the highest peak in Estonia (and the Baltic states), reaching 318 metres (1,043 ft) above sea level. [1] It is located near the village of Haanja, in Võru County in the southeastern corner of Estonia, close to the borders of both Latvia and Russia.
59°26′14″N 24°44′43″E / 59.437222°N 24.745278°E / 59.437222; 24.745278. Location of Tallinn Old Town in Estonia. Tallinn Old Town (Estonian: Tallinna vanalinn) is the oldest part of Tallinn, Estonia. Old Town of Tallinn has managed to wholly preserve its structure of medieval and Hanseatic origin. Old Town represents an ...
This wall was less than 5 metres (16 ft) tall and about 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) thick at its base. [ 1] Since that time it has been enlarged and strengthened. The walls and the many gates are still largely extant today. This is one of the reasons that Tallinn's old town became a World Heritage Site. The walls were enlarged in the fourteenth century ...
The Church of the Holy Ghost or Church of the Holy Spirit (Estonian: Püha Vaimu kirik, German: Heiliggeistkirche[ 1 ]) 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.
13th century. Completed. 1404. The Tallinn Town Hall (Estonian: Tallinna raekoda) is a building in the Old Town (Vanalinn) of Tallinn (Reval), Estonia, next to the Town Hall Square. The building is located in the south side of the medieval market square and is 36.8 metres (121 ft) long. The west wall is 14.5 metres (48 ft) in length, and the ...
Tallinn (/ ˈtælɪn /, Estonian: [ˈtɑlʲːinː] ⓘ) [5][6] is the capital and most populous [7] city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of about 461,000 (as of 2024) [2] and administratively lies in the Harju maakond (county).
After World War II, the museum's collection was distributed to Tallinn City Museum and other local museums. In 1961, the museum was reestablished. In 1961, the museum was reestablished. In 1977, as part of a restoration plan of the Old Town in preparation for the upcoming 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow , the museum was again closed and reopened ...
The town park is a nature reserve with many plant species. [7] Baltic Klint: Western Estonia 2004 vii, viii, ix, x (natural) The Baltic Klint is a limestone escarpment, 250 kilometres (160 mi) of its length is in Estonia. The escarpment exposes sedimentary rocks up to 500 million years old, that have been undamaged by tectonic processes and ...