Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

4 months ago

#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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Simon Hamilton

@tallinnstreets.bsky.social

1 year ago

Karuse (Karune)
Furry, also hairy, shaggy. One of the streets named after the nearby #RakuSovhoos (see #Piibri). There was also, incidentally, a Battle of Karuse on the ice off #Muhu in 1270 between the #LivonianOrder and Grand Duchy of Lithuania with, sadly, very few #Livonians left to say who won.