Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

7 months ago

Dominiiklaste (Dominiiklased [pl.])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Dominican friars (Sing.: #Dominiiklane), see #Katoliku. Neither this location nor the next, #Dunkri, appear in Kivi’s #TallinnaTänavad of 1972. Although today this is a #hoov (from Ger. #Hof, courtyard), it used to be
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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

#Katoliku Hoov (Adj.)
Catholic courtyard. It belong(s/ed?) to the #TallinnaDominiiklaste, Tallinn Dominicans (see #Dominiiklaste), the tacky insignia of which, a dog, is a rather poor piece of Latin punning:
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Religion #Religioon
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