Photo of the Tallinn City Hall (called Raekoda in Estonian), first mentioned in 1313. The building is 3-story, fronted by a 9- arched collonade on the round floor, very narrow windows on the first, then high roof and spire.

Restaurants in historic buildings in the eastern side of Tallinn's main square (named after its City Hall, Raekoda in Estonian), open for tourist business in the summer with outdoor terraces.

Hansa-style buildings - tall, with high-pitched roofs able to store merchandise - on the corner of Tallinn's main square (named after its City Hall, Raekoda in Estonian) and Kinga (shoe street).

Plaque on the wall of a building on the south-east side of Tallinn's main square (named after its City Hall, Raekoda in Estonian), possibly representing (judging by the letters, S P) Saint Paul, although some - judging by the flat disc atop the gentleman's head - may suspect a more commercial reference to Saint Pizza of the holy manducation.

#Raekoja plats (#Raekoda)
#TownHall square. Lit. council house, the #rae comes from #German #raten, to advise, as in #Rathaus, town- or city-hall. First recorded as #forum (1313) then the name oddly disappeared from the records until
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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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#Vana Tooma (Vana Toomas)
#Historical #Ajalooline
#OldThomas. Named after the character on the weather-vane on top of the #Raekoja plats spire. #SovietOccupation renaming (1963-1987) of #Dunkri, although what political message they were sending out is not sure.

#FolkCulture #RahvaKultuur

#mint and both may be interchangeable, e.g. #German #Münze for both. Were the 16th-C #mündimeistrid masters of coin or masters of the mint? Either way, if the mint were intended, the switch was erroneous because the first(?) #Tallinn mint was located not N of #Raekoja square but at some unknown
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#AdolfHitleri (Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945)
Used to name both #Raekoja and various parts of #Narva mnt from 1941-1944.
Maybe abusing Godwin's law, but let me take this opportunity to say to f #Trump and #Musk. #СлаваУкраїні
#Europe needs to pay attention and act.

Initially forum inferior (1368) to differentiate it from plain forum, #Raekoja plats, then retaining its name of old market throughout the ages: dat olde market (1442), Olde Marketh (?), wanna turro (1732), Alter Markt (1789), Vana Turu (1885) & Alt Markt (1942).
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