#Paali (Paal)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#Nautical term covering a number of related objects: #pile, as in deeply-driven foundation pillars, #fender (dolphin), #mooringpost or #bollard, which latter hints at the Est. word’s origin, MLG pāl, pahl, pōl, etc. (stake, long cylindrical piece of wood,
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Coat of arms of the Kesklinn (town center) District in Tallinn: vertical white cross on a red background with a white circle in the middle around a red four-leafed clover and a eyllow heart in the middle. With, again, apologies for my ignorance of heraldic nomenclature.

#Kesklinn #Linnaosa.
Town center. One of Tallinn’s 8 Districts (Linnaosad). It includes the following Asumid (Sub-districts):
For details, see:
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Very modern apartment building in Tina, Tallinn with above-ground, under-building parking.

Bell epoque(ish) house and probably apartment building in Tina, Tallinn with outward-curving first- and second-floor windows and brick-tiles roof.

One of the few remaining old wooden apartment building in Tina, Tallinn with popinty, spire-like roof above the corner and a serious need for a dash of paint. Lovely residents.

LGBTQIA+friendly hostel called Moderna in Tina, Tallinn, with full flag flying and metal railings leading to the front door.

#Tina (Tina)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Raua
Tricky word, ranging from (or commonly used to mean) ‘#tin’ through ‘#pewter’ to ‘#lead’. #KNAB lists the street as #Свинцовая (lead) for 1900, followed by #Bleistraße (lead) in 1907, then ...
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Art nouveau style house in Tallinn's Koidula street No.8. The façade, motifs and ironwork gate and fence wrought in symmetrical curving patterns stand in front of the 3-storey chateau-style house with dark-red pointy roof.

Elegant wooden house in Tallinn's Koidula street No.10a, home today to the Tammsaare museum, and home from 1932–1940 to the author himself. On the lawn in front of the house is a bust of A.H. Tammsaare.

Mansion built by a merchant called Christian Frese as silkworks in 1780, and underwent various changes of use including that of the St. Mary’s home for impoverished noblewomen (see article), a Russian museum and today the Lotte Kindergarden.

Mini bring-and-take library in Koidula street, Tallinn, featuring a first-edition copy of the present dictionary full to the brim with errors and blunders. 48 hours later, it was no longer there. Please pray for the poor soul who took it.

#Koidula L. (Lydia Koidula, 1843-1886)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kadriorg
Lydia of the Dawn, sobriquet of the bushy-browed #LydiaEmilieFlorentineJannsen, #Estonian #kirjaneitsi (maiden of letters), poet and...
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View down and along the Patkuli trepp (Patkul's steps) in Tallinn towards the late-afternoon sun. The picture shows the stairway's gentle slope.

View over Tallinn's Toompark (cathedral park), aka Snelli or Schnelli (etc.) park from Patkuli vaateplats (Patkul's belvedere).

Another view of the Patkuli trepp (Patkul's steps) in Tallinn, this time revealing a somwhat steeper slope.

And another view of the Patkuli trepp (Patkul's steps) in Tallinn, this time from the Snelli, Schnelli, etc., park, showing the city wall behind them, and some old buildings above that (dates uncertain, but well over 100 years, I think).

#Patkuli (Dietrich Friedrich Patkul [?-1710])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
Aka #DietrichVonFriedrichPatkul, Friedrich Diederich Pattküll, etc. #Swedish soldier and #ViceGovernor of Tallinn from 1707-1710. Apparently... Although his infamous and...
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#Nunnatorn (0) #Monument
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Nun’s #Tower. Name first recorded 1738 but, built 1311-20, also known at one stage as "de nie torn". #Nie has an intriguing history. In #MLG, it basically meant ‘new’, so #NewTower? It was once, so why not? But it is also what
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Long stretch of railway sleepers stacked 9-high alongside the tracks at Tallinn-Väike station, Tallinn.

Front façade of Tallinn-Väike station, Tallinn. The building is 2 storeys high, and built with rustic limestone and has gabled turrets.

View of Tallinn-Väike station, Tallinn, from the platform and tracks. This side of the building is plainer, a relatively homogeneous façade.

Old tower belonging to the Tallinn-Väike station, Tallinn. Described as a water-tower, the various windows suggest it may have served another function, unless they were installed after the age of steam.

#Tallinn-Väike (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
Formerly known as #TallinnaPeajaam (Tallinn Main Station) and interconnecting hub between the narrow- and broad-gauge lines (see #Kitsarööpa)...
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The "Noortemaja" (young people's house) or "Huuvikool" (Literally "hobby school", but sounds like vocational school), in Kanuti Aed (Canute's Garden), Tallinn.

View from Mere puiestee (Sea avenue) of Kanuti Aed (Canute's Garden), Tallinn. showing a hint of its French-style layout.

Tree and greenery in Kanuti Aed (Canute's Garden), Tallinn.

Sculpture of two boys with an umbrella by Mare Mikoff in Kanuti Aed. The sculpture depicts two naked young boys (4-8 years old?) sitting under an umbrella which also acts a fountain sheltering them from the resultling rain.

#Kanuti aed (Kanut)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Canute’s garden (see Kanuti). On or by a one-time moat until 19th C. Land leased to #KanutiGild (Canute’s guild) in 1866 to create a...
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Jaani Seek Photo No.1. The St-John’s Hospice/Almshouse (church (Jaani seegi kirik) on the corner of Tornimäe and Rävala, Tallinn, viewed from its courtyard. Painted pale-yellow with a ruddy-brown tiled roof, it is a relatively small (approximately 21 by 7 meters) and low church with single spire.

Jaani Seek Photo No.2. The same St-John’s Hospice/Almshouse church viewed from Tartu maantee (highway) in the mist with modern glass-fronted office buildings in the background.

Jaani Seek Photo No.3. The same St-John’s Hospice/Almshouse church viewed side on from Rävala puiestee (avenue).

Façade of the Galerii Seek, or Almshouse Gallery, associated with Jaani Seek, in Väike-Pääsukese (lesser swallow street). The museum being essentially underground, the image shows the 50-meter-long glass front of the triangular structure rising from the ground and facing away from Rävala puiestee (avenue).

#Jaani Seek (0) #Monument
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Maakri
#StJohn’s #Almshouse (and later #leprosarium) on the corner of #Tornimäe and #Rävala. Known in #Latin as domus fratrum leprosorum sancti Johannis, and...
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#Trepi (Trepp)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #VanaMustamäe
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Staircase, flight of stairs, doorsteps. Two versions: town-center version once known as...
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View 1 (from Komandandi tee or Commandant Road) of the Tallinn city wall's defensive tower known in Estonian as Kiek in de Kök and in English, traditionally, as Peek in the Kitchen. The tower reveals the perhaps dozen small windows indicating a possible alternative meaning.

Close-up view 2 of the Tallinn city wall's defensive tower known in Estonian as Kiek in de Kök and in English, traditionally, as Peek in the Kitchen. The tower reveals the perhaps dozen small windows indicating a possible alternative meaning.

View 3 (from Harju Mägi or Harju Hill) of the Tallinn city wall's defensive tower known in Estonian as Kiek in de Kök and in English, traditionally, as Peek in the Kitchen. The tower reveals the perhaps dozen small windows indicating a possible alternative meaning.

View 4 (from Komandandi tee or Commandant Road) of the Tallinn city wall's defensive tower known in Estonian as Kiek in de Kök and in English, traditionally, as Peek in the Kitchen. The tower reveals the perhaps dozen small windows indicating a possible alternative meaning.

#Kiek in de Kök (#Monument
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Usually translated as #PeepInTheKitchen, although ‘look’, cf. #German #gucken or #kucken, might be more...
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Googe map of Tallinn town center, outlining the "Südalinn" Sub-district.

#Südalinn (0) #Asum
#Tallinn #Kesklinn
Town center, lit. town heart.
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View of Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann tower) in Tallinn old town from the Šnelli Park below.

Another, more close-up view of Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann tower) in Tallinn old town from the Šnelli Park below.

View of Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann tower) in Tallinn old town from the Kuberneri Aed (Governor's garden).

Another, more close-up view of Pikk Hermann (Tall Hermann tower) in Tallinn old town from the Kuberneri Aed (Governor's garden).

#Pikk Hermann (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
Tall Hermann. The first part was built from 1360-70, then completed in the 16th C. Why it earned its...
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View from the southern fork of n Suur-Karja towards Karjavärava plats, Tallinn.

Sculpture of the Happy Chimneysweep (2010) by Tauno Kangro in the center or Karjavärava plats, Tallinn. The sculpture shows a chubby, top-hatted sweep carrying his paraphernalia across the square.

The Sõprus Cinema between Müürivahe and Vana-Posti on the north side of Karjavärava plats, Tallinn.

View of Karjavärava plats, Tallinn, from the eastern stretch of Müürivahe.

#Karjavärava plats (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
The 1989 naming of the expanded(?) crossroads between #SuurKarja, #Müürivahe and #VanaPosti, some ...
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Wikipedia photo by Wikipedian Jeremykemp of the rude or offensive "mano fico" or fig gesture, i.e. the thumb stuck between the first and middle finger.

The Rataskaev monument above the actual well in Rataskaevu tänav (wheel-well street), Tallinn. A roofed, hexagonal colonnade type structure.

View of old buildings east along Rataskaevu tänav (wheel-well street), Tallinn.

View of late-medieval/early rennaisance buildings on the north side of Rataskaevu tänav (wheel-well street), Tallinn.

#Rataskaevu (Rataskaev)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
See #Rataskaev for the meaning of the well itself. As to the...
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Photograph of a rooftop and old(school chimney in Tolli tänav (meaning customs street), Tallinn, Estonia.

Photograph along Tolli tänav (meaning customs street), Tallinn, Estonia, showing old buildings and doorways.

Photograph along Tolli tänav (meaning customs street), Tallinn, Estonia, with buildings tarped for renovation.

Photograph of a doorway in Tolli tänav (meaning customs street), Tallinn, Estonia, made up of old planks and in need of repair.

#Tolli (Toll)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
1) #Customs, #duty; 2) Inch. Clearly the former, named after the #TallinnaTollimaja...
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Kadriorg A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names

#Kaarla (Kaarel)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kadriorg
Another name for #rabamurakas, cloudberry or bakeapple in the US, knotberry or knoutberry in the UK, #RubusChamaemorus. The term #bakeapple...
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Narva A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names

#Narva (Narva)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Lasnamäe #Pirita #Südalinn #Sadama #Kompassi #Raua #Kadriorg #Kurepõllu #Paevälja #Loopealse #Katleri #Kuristiku #Priisle #Iru
Town on #Russian border. Earliest records of present name...
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Raekoja tänav A Rambling Dictionary of Tallinn Street Names

#Raekoja tänav (Raekoda)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Town hall street. Earliest recorded name was #budel or #BodelStrate (1371). Understood or #misunderstood in the 1st edition of the present dictionary as...
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#Mere (Meri)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Sadama
#Sea, #ocean. Some linguists have suggested that mere could be a loan word belonging to speakers of a #preFinnoUgric and #preIndoEuropean language of the #KundaCulture, hunter-gatherers of the period 8000-5000 BCE. Others, less, say,
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#KanutiAed (Kanut)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn Allasum #KolmasLinn
#Canute’s garden (see #Kanuti). On or by a one-time moat until 19th C. Land leased to #KanutiGild (Canute’s guild) in 1866 to create a public garden. Used by travelling #circuses and evolving into an amusement part.
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#Meistrite hoov (Meistrid [pl.])
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
#Masters’ courtyard (see #Meistri). Cobbled passageway off #Vene 6, dating back to pre-13th C, but first recorded 1371. Nice café.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#History #Ajalugu

#Hobujaama (Hobu[se][posti?]jaam)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Sadama
#Stage, #PostingStage. First known as #HermapöllscheGasse or #Hermapõllu (Herm[ann]’s (?) field) in the late 18th C, and apparently that for over 100 years with the 1876 #TallinnaLinnaplan (map) which seems to show fields on either
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#Le Coq A. (Albert Le Coq, dates unknown)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kitseküla
Not a street: A. #LeCoqArena or #LillekülaStadium, after a certain #Belgian, #AlbertLeCoq, of very misty history... Said to be descended from #FrenchHuguenots fleeing #France in the 17th century, yet reported too to have
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#Wiedemanni F.J. (Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, 1805-1887)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Kadriorg
#Linguist of #Swedish-#German descent, the first to describe #Estonian’s peculiar opposition of three phonological quantities (for more details, ask a native, they probably won’t be able to explain either);
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#Lippe torn (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
One-time tower between #Kõismäe and #Loewenschede towers. Built similarly and possibly at the same time as #Nunnadetagune (and #Saunatorn?). Fallen into disrepair and demolished by 1842 at the latest, only traces remain.

#CityWall #Linnamüür

#Viljandi (Viljandi)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Kesklinn #Liiva #Kitseküla #Raudalu
Town in southern #Estonia first mentioned in 1283, although hill-fort mentioned by #AlIdrisi in 1154. Formerly known as #Fellinn, or #Velyad or #Velnevik. Major fortification of the #Hanseatic #LivonianOrder, today home to
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#Piiskopi (Piiskop)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #Toompea
#Bishop. First known as Douglase (Duglase (1920) after the infamous Swedish mercenary Count Gustaf Otto Douglas (1687-1771), Governor of Estonia (1738-1740) and responsible for extensive burning and brutality in Finland during the
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Saunatagunetorn (0) #Monument
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Tower behind the baths. See also #Stoltingi torn.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#CityWall #Linnamüür
#CityDefense #Linnakaitse
#TallinnHistory #TallinnaAjalugu
#TallinnTowers #TallinnTornid

Liivalaia (Liivalai)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Tatari #Veerenni #Sibulaküla #Keldrimäe #Maakri
#SandyExpanse, avenue, channel... Named after local sand flats, see #Liiva. Nice muddle this one: Renamed (1944-92?) as #Kingissepa V. during the #SovietOccupation (at one stage of its evolutionary mutation
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