St’Olav Church is Baptist Church In the 12’s century it was a marketplace. , It is believed to have been built in the 12th century and to have been the center for old Tallinn's Scandinavian community before Denmark conquered Tallinn in 1219. Its dedication relates to King Olaf II of Norway. The first known written records about Olav’s Church were in 1267, and it was extensively rebuilt during the 14th century. The Church became the tallest building in the world around in 1500’s year when the steeple was raised to 159m. Several lightning strikes and burnings-down later and the modest height of 123.7m was settled on. Now it has the highest steeple in Estonia.
Legend about name Tallinn was small and had an unknown harbor and townspeople wanted to make it famous. There was a good idea to build the tallest church in the world and one unknown men decided to make it. Unfortunately, he asked too lot of gold for his work. However, he promised to build the edifice for free - if only the townspeople could guess his name. One day the architect was just fixing the cross on the steeple, when a spy shouted out that it was Olev. The poor man realised that he had forfeited his fee, slipped and fell to his death. That’s why the Church took its Estonian name 'Oleviste'.
The Three Sisters The three merchant houses that comprise The Three Sisters Hotel stand near the end of Pikk Street, Tallinn’s main artery in the Middle Ages. First paved in the 15th century, lively Pikk Street was where spices, meats and grains were bartered and sold amidst the clatter of horses’ hooves and the banter of citizens.The first record of The Three Sisters merchant houses comes from the year 1362. In 2003 was renovated and made desing to arrange modern and comfotable place to stay. Now the “three sisters” it is a luxury hotel,which attract the attention of all aroud world guest.
The first record of The Three Sisters merchant houses comes from the year 1362, and we are able to trace all owners since that time. Among them were guild elders, town councilors and burgomasters, who often traveled to far-away lands and thus first started the buildings’ association with foreign countries. In their new incarnation, the “three sisters” continue the tradition by playing warm host to guests from around the world.
Peter: One of the oldest churches of Tallinn is a small Church of the Holy Spirit. It was built in the 13th century under the same name almshouse. In the documents of the town hall it is firstly mentioned in the year 1316. Modern look church acquired in the 14th century. For centuries it was used as the chapel and the church-almshouse magistrate.
Nastja: It’s interesting to explore the chandeliers, balconies for choirs in the Baroque style, decorated with paintings of biblical themes and Baroque epitaphs. Recently, the church bell was proud of Mary, made in 1433 by master Mertenom Seifert. He was decorated the bell with grape vines and figures, as well as text, written in Latin and English Lower Saxony. But Mary Bell split after the fire in 2003. For years the church was a major cultural center of Estonia.
Peter: Church of the Holy Spirit has a large collection of works of art. One of the most valuable is the altar,which was made by master Bernt Notke, in 1483. The altar has difficult structure in the middle of which depicted the descent of the Holy Spirit (hence the name of the church was formed.)
Nastja: Real decoration of the church are watches on its facade, made by Christian Ackerman in 1688. Watches are made in the Baroque style and decorated with wooden carvings.
DOME CHURCH The gleaming, Medieval church that stands at the centre of Toompea hill is best known by locals as the Toomkirik (Dome Church), and it's the main Lutheran church in Estonia. Established sometime before 1233 and repeatedly rebuilt since, the church displays a mix of architectural styles. Historically this was the church of Estonia's elite German nobles,you can see that when you step through the doors. Among the notables buried here are Pontus de la Gardie, who commanded Swedish forces during the Great Northern War, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, the Baltic-German admiral who led Russia's first expedition around the world, and Scottish-born Admiral Samuel Greig of Fife.
Viru gates and Viru street. Viru gates are one of the entrances to Old Town and they were established in 14th century. Towers of the Viru Gates still standing today and leading to numerous shops and restraunts in Viru Street. Viru Street is the main street in Old Town, which leads to Town Hall Square.Also Viru Street is connected with many sightseens in Old Town like: St. Olaf’s Church, Old Toomas, Aleksand Nevsky Cathedral and so on. So in conclusion I can say, that it is the greatest place to visit in our big city.
The church, with its twin bell towers and copper dome, was designed by St. Petersburg court architect Luigi Rusca and built in 1820-27. In the temple was buried under the altar martyr Arseny (Matseevich), Metropolitan of Rostov. The church's history, however, goes back much further. As far back as the 12th century, a marketplace for Russian merchants operated here in the Sulevimäe and Vene St. area of Tallinn. In 1442, when the town wall was being rebuilt, the church that stood at the centre of that market was replaced by a new one at Vene. And only at 1820-27 big renovations were made and church got changed to nowadays appearance of classical style.
Old Thomas - its a weather vane, the figure of an old warrior. According to the legend, the model for the weather vane was a peasant boy who excelled at the springtime contests involving firing crossbow bolts at a painted wooden parrot on top of a pole. After his winning- Toomas was rewarded with the job of town guard for life. He gave candy to the children in the Town Square.
Toomas continues to watch over Tallinn and its citizens in our time.The original weather vane is kept in the Town Hall.
Great Guild was founded in 1325 and brings together the largest merchants, had not patron saint. The most succesfull merchants of the Great Guild elelcted to the city council. This is one of the few buildings which preserved the porch-terrace. On the high gable you can see year of building home and small coat of Tallin, who is also the emblem of the Great Guild. Generally, house of the Great Guild was active in the life of the city. Here were the city festivals. Hall is aviable for rent, for wedding feast and for the court hearings. When Oleviste church was damaged by fire in 1820, the building of Great Guild passed church services. Great Guild cased to exist in 1920.
Founded by German merchant/settlers from the island of Gotland sometime around 1230, the sturdy church was designed to double as a fortress in the days before the town wall was built. The building survived the Reformation looting of 1523, but wasn't so lucky in the 20th century when it was destroyed by World War II bombs. Since its restoration in the 1980s, St. Nicholas' has functioned as a museum specialising in works of religious art, most famously Bernt Notke's beautiful but spooky painting Danse Macabre (Dance with Death). Exquisite altarpieces, baroque chandeliers and Medieval burial slabs are also on display, while the Silver Chamber is home to stunning works by members of town's craft guilds. The building's acoustics also make it a prime concert venue, with organ or choir performances held here most weekends.
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is an orthodox cathedral in the Tallinn Old Town, Estonia. It was built between 1894 and 1900.The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is Tallinn's largest and grandest orthodox cupola cathedral. Now with the controversy long since faded, what's left is simply an architectural masterpiece. Designed by respected St. Petersburg architect Mikhail Preobrazhenski, the church is richly decorated in a mixed historicist style. The interior, filled with mosaics and icons, is well worth a visit. Inside we can see also wooden altary partition, where we can see different icons.The church's towers' hold Tallinn's most powerful church bell ensemble, consisting of 11 bells, including the largest in Tallinn, weighing 15 tonnes. You can hear the entire ensemble playing before each service.
St’Olav Church is Baptist Church
ReplyDeleteIn the 12’s century it was a marketplace. , It is believed to have been built in the 12th century and to have been the center for old Tallinn's Scandinavian community before Denmark conquered Tallinn in 1219. Its dedication relates to King Olaf II of Norway. The first known written records about Olav’s Church were in 1267, and it was extensively rebuilt during the 14th century.
The Church became the tallest building in the world around in 1500’s year when the steeple was raised to 159m. Several lightning strikes and burnings-down later and the modest height of 123.7m was settled on. Now it has the highest steeple in Estonia.
Legend about name
ReplyDeleteTallinn was small and had an unknown harbor and townspeople wanted to make it famous. There was a good idea to build the tallest church in the world and one unknown men decided to make it. Unfortunately, he asked too lot of gold for his work. However, he promised to build the edifice for free - if only the townspeople could guess his name.
One day the architect was just fixing the cross on the steeple, when a spy shouted out that it was Olev. The poor man realised that he had forfeited his fee, slipped and fell to his death. That’s why the Church took its Estonian name 'Oleviste'.
The Three Sisters
ReplyDeleteThe three merchant houses that comprise The Three Sisters Hotel stand near the end of Pikk Street, Tallinn’s main artery in the Middle Ages. First paved in the 15th century, lively Pikk Street was where spices, meats and grains were bartered and sold amidst the clatter of horses’ hooves and the banter of citizens.The first record of The Three Sisters merchant houses comes from the year 1362. In 2003 was renovated and made desing to arrange modern and comfotable place to stay. Now the “three sisters” it is a luxury hotel,which attract the attention of all aroud world guest.
The first record of The Three Sisters merchant houses comes from the year 1362, and we are able to trace all owners since that time. Among them were guild elders, town councilors and burgomasters, who often traveled to far-away lands and thus first started the buildings’ association with foreign countries. In their new incarnation, the “three sisters” continue the tradition by playing warm host to guests from around the world.
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Church of the Holy Spirit
ReplyDeletePeter: One of the oldest churches of Tallinn is a small Church of the Holy Spirit. It was built in the 13th century under the same name almshouse. In the documents of the town hall it is firstly mentioned in the year 1316. Modern look church acquired in the 14th century. For centuries it was used as the chapel and the church-almshouse magistrate.
Nastja: It’s interesting to explore the chandeliers, balconies for choirs in the Baroque style, decorated with paintings of biblical themes and Baroque epitaphs. Recently, the church bell was proud of Mary, made in 1433 by master Mertenom Seifert. He was decorated the bell with grape vines and figures, as well as text, written in Latin and English Lower Saxony. But Mary Bell split after the fire in 2003.
For years the church was a major cultural center of Estonia.
Peter: Church of the Holy Spirit has a large collection of works of art. One of the most valuable is the altar,which was made by master Bernt Notke, in 1483. The altar has difficult structure in the middle of which depicted the descent of the Holy Spirit (hence the name of the church was formed.)
Nastja: Real decoration of the church are watches on its facade, made by Christian Ackerman in 1688. Watches are made in the Baroque style and decorated with wooden carvings.
Zelyony and Shavrina
DOME CHURCH
ReplyDeleteThe gleaming, Medieval church that stands at the centre of Toompea hill is best known by locals as the Toomkirik (Dome Church), and it's the main Lutheran church in Estonia.
Established sometime before 1233 and repeatedly rebuilt since, the church displays a mix of architectural styles.
Historically this was the church of Estonia's elite German nobles,you can see that when you step through the doors.
Among the notables buried here are Pontus de la Gardie, who commanded Swedish forces during the Great Northern War, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, the Baltic-German admiral who led Russia's first expedition around the world, and Scottish-born Admiral Samuel Greig of Fife.
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ReplyDeleteViru gates and Viru street.
ReplyDeleteViru gates are one of the entrances to Old Town and they were established in 14th century. Towers of the Viru Gates still standing today and leading to numerous shops and restraunts in Viru Street. Viru Street is the main street in Old Town, which leads to Town Hall Square.Also Viru Street is connected with many sightseens in Old Town like: St. Olaf’s Church, Old Toomas, Aleksand Nevsky Cathedral and so on. So in conclusion I can say, that it is the greatest place to visit in our big city.
Orthodox church of st Nicholas
ReplyDeleteThe church, with its twin bell towers and copper dome, was designed by St. Petersburg court architect Luigi Rusca and built in 1820-27. In the temple was buried under the altar martyr Arseny (Matseevich), Metropolitan of Rostov.
The church's history, however, goes back much further. As far back as the 12th century, a marketplace for Russian merchants operated here in the Sulevimäe and Vene St. area of Tallinn. In 1442, when the town wall was being rebuilt, the church that stood at the centre of that market was replaced by a new one at Vene. And only at 1820-27 big renovations were made and church got changed to nowadays appearance of classical style.
Deniss Karpov and Shatalin Aleksey
Old Thomas
ReplyDeleteOld Thomas - its a weather vane, the figure of an old warrior. According to the legend, the model for the weather vane was a peasant boy who excelled at the springtime contests involving firing crossbow bolts at a painted wooden parrot on top of a pole. After his winning- Toomas was rewarded with the job of town guard for life. He gave candy to the children in the Town Square.
Toomas continues to watch over Tallinn and its citizens in our time.The original weather vane is kept in the Town Hall.
Great Guild
ReplyDeleteGreat Guild was founded in 1325 and brings together the largest merchants, had not patron saint. The most succesfull merchants of the Great Guild elelcted to the city council. This is one of the few buildings which preserved the porch-terrace. On the high gable you can see year of building home and small coat of Tallin, who is also the emblem of the Great Guild. Generally, house of the Great Guild was active in the life of the city. Here were the city festivals. Hall is aviable for rent, for wedding feast and for the court hearings. When Oleviste church was damaged by fire in 1820, the building of Great Guild passed church services. Great Guild cased to exist in 1920.
Kristina Morozova
St. Nicholas' Church
ReplyDeleteFounded by German merchant/settlers from the island of Gotland sometime around 1230, the sturdy church was designed to double as a fortress in the days before the town wall was built.
The building survived the Reformation looting of 1523, but wasn't so lucky in the 20th century when it was destroyed by World War II bombs.
Since its restoration in the 1980s, St. Nicholas' has functioned as a museum specialising in works of religious art, most famously Bernt Notke's beautiful but spooky painting Danse Macabre (Dance with Death). Exquisite altarpieces, baroque chandeliers and Medieval burial slabs are also on display, while the Silver Chamber is home to stunning works by members of town's craft guilds.
The building's acoustics also make it a prime concert venue, with organ or choir performances held here most weekends.
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is an orthodox cathedral in the Tallinn Old Town, Estonia. It was built between 1894 and 1900.The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is Tallinn's largest and grandest orthodox cupola cathedral. Now with the controversy long since faded, what's left is simply an architectural masterpiece. Designed by respected St. Petersburg architect Mikhail Preobrazhenski, the church is richly decorated in a mixed historicist style. The interior, filled with mosaics and icons, is well worth a visit. Inside we can see also wooden altary partition, where we can see different icons.The church's towers' hold Tallinn's most powerful church bell ensemble, consisting of 11 bells, including the largest in Tallinn, weighing 15 tonnes. You can hear the entire ensemble playing before each service.
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