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    Toompea (from German: Domberg, "Cathedral Hill") is a hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia. The hill has an area of 7 hectares...
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    Toompea castle (Estonian: Toompea loss) is a medieval castle on Toompea hill in the central part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. In modern times,...
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    AD, a fortress was built in what is now central Tallinn, on the hill of Toompea. As an important port on a major trade route between Novgorod and western...
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  • around 2500 BCE. Around 1050, the first fortress was built on Tallinn - Toompea. As an important port for trade between Novgorod and Scandinavia, it became...
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     'the Tall Hermann'; German: Langer Hermann) is a tower of the Toompea Castle, on Toompea (Domberg) hill in Tallinn (Reval), the capital of Estonia. The...
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    red flag was taken down permanently from the Pikk Hermann tower of the Toompea Castle in the capital city Tallinn. It was replaced with the blue-black-white...
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    back to 1319. In 1684, the school was destroyed in the large fire in the Toompea area. The construction of a new school building was completed seven years...
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    threshold (2%) was used. The sessions of the Riigikogu take place in the Toompea Castle, where a new building in an unusual Expressionist style was erected...
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  • evading authorities by jumping from the Kohtuotsa viewing platform on Toompea hill. He was arrested again after 87 days and sentenced to 15 years in...
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    its identity through new buildings. The Estonian parliament building at Toompea, designed by architects Eugen Habermann and Herbert Johanson and completed...
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    Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. The cathedral was built onto the Toompea hill in central Tallinn to a design by architect Mikhail Preobrazhensky...
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    Maarja Piiskoplik Toomkirik) is a Lutheran cathedral church located on the Toompea hill in the medieval central part of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia...
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  • Petseri (Pechory), 1776-onwards, annexed to the Russian SFSR in 1945. Toompea, 1248/1265/1288–1785, 1796–1878, merged with Tallinn; Vana-Pärnu, 1251–1617...
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  • vabaduse muuseum Vabamu) in Tallinn, Estonia, is located at the corner of Toompea St. and Kaarli Blvd. It was opened on July 1, 2003, and is dedicated to...
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  • Estonia. 5,000 BCE - The sea still reaches the foot of the cliffs of Toompea 3,000 BCE - First signs of a settlement in Tallinn. ca. 750 BCE - fortified...
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    with the Treaty of Stensby in 1238. The Danes built the Toompea Castle (Castrum Danorum) on Toompea Hill in Tallinn, which quickly became the biggest settlement...
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    meaning "Danish Castle" and now "Danish Town" in Estonian, named after the Toompea Castle, which Denmark controlled in 1219–1227, 1238–1332 and in 1340–1346...
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    The Old Post Office in Toompea in Tallinn, Estonia...
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    (Estonian: Stenbocki maja) is a prominent neo-classical building located on Toompea hill, Tallinn. It is the official seat of the Government of Estonia. The...
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    government was proclaimed, Estonian forces seized the government buildings in Toompea and ordered the German forces to leave. The flag of Germany was replaced...
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    Ungern-Sternberg palace on Toompea, nowadays the main building of Estonian Academy of Sciences...
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  • (Quebec), an eight-floor building and home to the Parliament of Quebec Toompea Castle, the Estonian Parliament building Parliament House, Helsinki, the...
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    the invasion of 1219. The Danes built the fortress of Castrum Danorum at Toompea Hill. Estonians still call their capital "Tallinn", which, according to...
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    Laiuse Castle Pärnu Castle Põltsamaa Castle Purtse Castle Tarvastu Castle Toompea Castle Vastseliina Castle Viljandi Castle Also See: Castles in Estonia...
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    Toompea Castle. Snell Pond is located in Toompark in the Vanalinn subdistrict of the Tallinn Old Town area of Tallinn's city centre, between Toompea Heights...
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    Skanderborg n/a n/a Stadion Himmelbjerget Nakskov Estonia TALLINN n/a TOOMPEA n/a n/a n/a Pirita klooster ÜMBERSÕIT Finland HELSINKI HELSINGFORS LAPPEENRANTA...
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  • The Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) in the Toompea Castle of Tallinn, Estonia....
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    1999. The newly elected 101 members of the 9th Riigikogu assembled at Toompea Castle in Tallinn within ten days of the election. The elections proved...
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    flag was taken down permanently from the tower of Pikk Hermann of the Toompea Castle. It was replaced with the national blue-black-white flag on the...
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    be one of the boulders Linda was supposed to carry to Kalev's grave at Toompea, but which fell off her apron. She sat on the boulder and cried, thus creating...
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