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== Popis ==
Fotografie + English: Estonia_1467 - Toompea Castle (Taken on September 20, 2009, Nikon D300)
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* Toompea Castle is the seat of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia.
* The castle complex is made up of: the west wall and the Tall Hermann tower belong to the medieval fortress of the Order of the Brothers of the Sword, the Government Administration building represents the Czarist era and is classic in style, and the building of the Riigikogu, in the castle courtyard, was built in the beginning of the 1920s.
* It is known that already in the 9th century there was an ancient Estonian wooden fortress on Toompea, which was conquered by the Danes in 1219. From then on until the first decades of the 20th century, Toompea belonged to various foreign rulers. In 1710 the ownership of Toompea went from the Swedes to the Russian Czarist Empire. The Russian Empress Catherine the Great ordered the construction of the Estonian Government Administration building in the east side of the fortress; it was completed in 1773.
* Author: '''Dennis Jarvis''' from Halifax, Canada
 
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Fotografie + English: Estonia_1467 - Toompea Castle (Taken on September 20, 2009, Nikon D300)

  • Toompea Castle is the seat of the Parliament of the Republic of Estonia.
  • The castle complex is made up of: the west wall and the Tall Hermann tower belong to the medieval fortress of the Order of the Brothers of the Sword, the Government Administration building represents the Czarist era and is classic in style, and the building of the Riigikogu, in the castle courtyard, was built in the beginning of the 1920s.
  • It is known that already in the 9th century there was an ancient Estonian wooden fortress on Toompea, which was conquered by the Danes in 1219. From then on until the first decades of the 20th century, Toompea belonged to various foreign rulers. In 1710 the ownership of Toompea went from the Swedes to the Russian Czarist Empire. The Russian Empress Catherine the Great ordered the construction of the Estonian Government Administration building in the east side of the fortress; it was completed in 1773.
  • Author: Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada

+ pochází z Flickr.com, kde má status – Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic

FLICKR – https://www.flickr.com/photos/archer10/4057356323

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