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Tallinn. 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).
Toompea Castle (Toompea loss). Around 1050, the first fortress was built on Tallinn - Toompea. [3]As an important port for trade between Novgorod and Scandinavia, it became a target for the expansion of the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Denmark during the period of Northern Crusades in the beginning of the 13th century when Christianity was forcibly imposed on the local population.
5,000 BCE - The sea still reaches the foot of the cliffs of Toompea. 3,000 BCE - First signs of a settlement in Tallinn. ca. 750 BCE - fortified settlement first built at Iru near Tallinn, at the Pirita river bend. It is used until the 5th century BCE and then again during the 4th−2nd century BCE. ca. 450 CE - Iru hillfort is built at th of ...
Estonia under Swedish rule (1561–1710) signifies the period of time when large parts of the country, and after 1645, entire present-day Estonia, were under Swedish rule. . In the wake of the breakup of the State of the Teutonic Order, the Baltic German local nobility in the areas of Harrien and Wierland (), as well as the city of Reval in June 1561 (and somewhat later Jerwen ()) asked for ...
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 exceptionally intact 13th century city plan. [1] Since 1997, the area has been registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Estonian Restoration of Independence, legally defined as the Restoration of the Republic of Estonia, was proclaimed on 20 August 1991.On that day at 23:02 [1] local time, the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia, in agreement with the Estonian Committee (the executive organ of the Congress of Estonia), declared the illegal Soviet occupation and annexation of the country terminated, and ...
Estonia is a developed country with a high-income advanced economy, ranking 31st in the Human Development Index. The sovereign state of Estonia is a democratic unitary parliamentary republic, administratively subdivided into 15 maakond (counties). It is one of the least populous members of the European Union and NATO.
Website. sweden.se. Sweden, [f] formally the Kingdom of Sweden, [g][h] is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At 450,295 square kilometres (173,860 sq mi), [4] Sweden is the largest Nordic country and the fifth-largest country in Europe.