Walk through the district in the east of Tallinn centre, with old wooden houses, to the Kadriorg Palace and garden and to the beach of the Tallinn bay along the Pirita Tee.
This is a national histortical monument.
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Tram 2 leads towards Kadriorg.
size on server: 570*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2246*3350px, 1886kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 556*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2162*3303px, 2645kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3770kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2917kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 4176kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3416kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2771kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3664kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3093kB. link photo page.
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A pet (rabbit) looks out of the upper smaller window.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2798kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2653kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2206kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2685kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3186kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3259kB. link photo page.
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Russian style house with wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3897kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3850kB. link photo page.
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Anton Hansen Tammsaare (30 January 1878 - 1 March 1940), born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus; 1926–1933) is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel". Anton Hansen Tammsaare Museum is situated in a summer-cottage-type house in Kadriorg, formerly a suburb. The Estonian literary classic Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878-1940) lived in this apartment [...]
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Anton Hansen Tammsaare (30 January 1878 - 1 March 1940), born Anton Hansen, was an Estonian writer whose pentalogy Truth and Justice (Tõde ja õigus; 1926–1933) is considered one of the major works of Estonian literature and "The Estonian Novel". Anton Hansen Tammsaare Museum is situated in a summer-cottage-type house in Kadriorg, formerly a suburb. The Estonian literary classic Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878-1940) lived in this apartment [...]
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 3798kB. link photo page.
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size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2401kB. link photo page.
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Wooden structure and façade.
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2444kB. link photo page.
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The palace has been ordered 1718 by Tsar Peter I after the conquest of Estonia from Sweden (1710). The construction has been planed and executed by the Italian Nicola Michetti (1675–1758).
size on server: 850*589px. Orignal size available on request: 3124*2166px, 2667kB. link photo page.
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The palace has been ordered 1718 by Tsar Peter I after the conquest of Estonia from Sweden (1710). The construction has been planed and executed by the Italian Nicola Michetti (1675–1758).
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2672kB. link photo page.
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The palace has been ordered 1718 by Tsar Peter I after the conquest of Estonia from Sweden (1710). The construction has been planed and executed by the Italian Nicola Michetti (1675–1758).
size on server: 850*567px. Orignal size available on request: 3456*2304px, 2427kB. link photo page.
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size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 4494kB. link photo page.
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The Russalka Memorial is a bronze monument sculpted by Amandus Adamson, erected on 7 September 1902 in Tallinn, Estonia to memorize the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Russian warship Rusalka. This ironclad was on active service with the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea from 1867 until she sank in the Gulf of Finland on 7 September 1893. The monument depicts an angel holding an Orthodox cross towards the assumed direction of the shipwreck. [...]
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The Russalka Memorial is a bronze monument sculpted by Amandus Adamson, erected on 7 September 1902 in Tallinn, Estonia to memorize the ninth anniversary of the sinking of the Russian warship Rusalka. This ironclad was on active service with the Russian Navy in the Baltic Sea from 1867 until she sank in the Gulf of Finland on 7 September 1893. The monument depicts an angel holding an Orthodox cross towards the assumed direction of the shipwreck. [...]
size on server: 567*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2304*3456px, 2113kB. link photo page.
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size on server: 539*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2037*3213px, 2001kB. link photo page.
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size on server: 542*850px. Orignal size available on request: 2079*3258px, 1628kB. link photo page.
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At Tallinna Sadam / Vanasadam start the ferries for Helsinki. A glacial erratic block lays on the beach.
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This decaying memorial was built 1960 to honor the heroes of Great Patriotic War (or World War II). The 35 meters high obelisk is called Jääretke.
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size on server: 850*538px. Orignal size available on request: 3281*2075px, 1329kB. link photo page.
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