Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

8 months ago

#Mai (Mai)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Nõmme
May (month). Originally #Apteegi (till 1959) and, for some obscure reason, renamed as #Ale (see #Alemaa) from 1940-1941.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#Season #Hooaeg

Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Apteegi (Apteek)
Chemist’s, pharmacy, apothecary’s. Named after Tallinn’s oldest apothecary, the nearby #Raeapteegi mentioned as far back as 1422. Apteegi as street name was first given in municipal records of 1611 as #ApotekerGasse, with later
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
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