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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.

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.

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.

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.

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...
tallinnstreets.com/en/kanuti-aed

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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.

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.

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 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.

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...
tallinnstreets.com/en/kiek-in-d...

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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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#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

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#Suur-Kloostri (Suur-Klooster)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn #KolmasLinn
Running from #Lai to #Nunne, hence the name. Earliest records (<1732) give #KloostriMüriTagga, Ger. hinter der Kloster-Mauer (behind the convent walls), later, under the SovietOccupaton (1950-87), #Nooruse.

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#Toompark (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Cathedral park, sometimes known as #Šnelli park.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

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#Lindamägi (Lindamägi)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Linda’s mountain or hill. Often called #LindamäePark. Built on top of the former #Swedish bastion, or #RootsiKants (?-1939, etc.), and known variously in the past as #Schwedenbastion (1907), etc.

#ParksAndGardens #PargidJaAiad

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#Virumägi (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
Viru Hill. Formerly known as #ViruväravaMägi (1938-2001), #Lehmpfortenanlage (clay-gate recreational area, 1942), and affectionately as #Musimägi or #Musumägi.

#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

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#Musumägi (0)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #KolmasLinn
#KissHill, Snoggers’ Mountain or, depending on how far you go, Petters’ Bulge... informal name of #Virumägi (see #Musimägi).

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