En el #retablo dedicado a Santa Hildegard, la #naturalista del siglo XI que inspira el patio oculto de la comunidad #ortodoxa #ucraniana de la calle #Laboratooriumi, he identificado 42 especies #animales y 9 #vegetales, y en el sótano del #oratorio... 👇🏻🧵

Y cuando sales del #oratorio #ucraniano de la calle #Laboratooriumi encuentras el #patio dedicado a la #naturalista Santa #Hildegarda (S.XI). Luego os cuento a cuántos #animales y #vegetales están dedicados los #retablos que adornan este rincón #secreto.
Ni un solo visitante
#Tallin #Estonia🇪🇪

Humorous show entrance to a tourist shop in Vene, Tallinn, with 1.5-m, 2D cartoon representation of a moose.

This is of course #SantaClaus, or #FatherChristmas. Same patron saint, but not to be confused with the 13-C church in #Niguliste, or (because some sites do) with the #Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in #Laboratooriumi (built early 14th C?).
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Tallinn city streetsign with the streetname Laboratooriumi on it.

Street view along Laboratooriumi, Tallinn, with various towers in the background which I don't recognize since I haven't read up on them properly yet. Patience please!

Old, two-storey building with attic winch in Laboratooriumi, Tallinn.

Tunnel passageway in Street view along Laboratooriumi, Tallinn, leading, I think, to Tornide väljak or, taking a few liberties, Tower Gardens.

#Laboratooriumi (Laboratoorium)
Laboratory, but not the test-tube and fragile glassware type: the artillery development lab behind the city-walls. Although #TT says it used to be called #Müürivahe (#Mauerstraße or #Стенная ул, 1873-1882), #Zobel gives #Müüriäärne tee, beside-the-wall road.

House on Brookusplats, on the corner of Olevimägi and Sulevimägi streets in Tallinn.

House on Brookusplats, on the corner of Olevimägi and Vene streets in Tallinn.

#Brookus (Brookus)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Actually #Brookusplats (Brookus square). Latinized name of #Brockhusen, name associated with ownership of various properties in the northern end of Tallinn old-town (#Pikk, #Lai, #Laboratooriumi...).
#History #Ajalugu
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