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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Tallinn streetsign displaying the name Rüütli.

View south along Rüütli, Tallinn.

Late medieval house in Rüütli, Tallinn.

Arched stone doorway to late medieval house in Rüütli, Tallinn.

#Rüütli (Rüütel)
#Tallinn #Kesklinn #Vanalinn #AllLinn
Knight, cavalier. Renamed (1950-1987) as #Rataskaevu during the #SovietOccupation.
#A_Rambling_Dictionary_of_Tallinn_Street_Names
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad
#History #Ajalugu

all variations of sterne street behind the mint, the #sterne coming from the name of the well (but why?) in #Rataskaevu.
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“opposite the well on the road to Saint Nicholas’”, a point he emphasizes by his comment in the appendix, vielleicht derselbe, perhaps the same one, presumably the #Rataskaev well. In which case the platea would refer to #Rataskaevu, not Dunkri. In 1439, it was recorded as
#Wells #Kaevud
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