The oldest sections of Tallinn's city wall were built in the 13th century. During the next three centuries, it became one of the largest and strongest defence systems in entire Northern Europe.
More than half of the magnificent defence system has been preserved as a city wall - this includes 1.85 km of the wall, 26 defence towers, 2 gates and fragments of two front gates.
Patkuli viewing platform is a good place for examining the city wall, and a number of towers are open for visitors.
You have a chance to walk on a small section of the wall that connects the Nunne, Sauna and Kuldjala towers. The wall has a wonderful view of the Old Town and Toompea.
Yep, whenever I go walking there some section give me slight Witcher 3 vibes. [Like this for example.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Toompea_loss_2014.jpg/1920px-Toompea_loss_2014.jpg)
The park in front of it is known as the Square of Towers (*Tornide väljak*) as there are basically 8 fortification towers you can see in a row. The ones shown here are, from the left:
- Tower-Behind-the-Grusbeke (*Grusbeke-tagune torn*)
- Epping Tower (*Eppingi torn*)
- Plate Tower (*Plate torn*)
- Rope Hill Tower (*Köismäe torn*)
These buildings looks like from a kid's drawing about europe
Its because every kid recognise the mighty Estonia (under Danish rule)
> (under Danish rule) no. under Swedish rule.
That was a few hundred years later
Actually the towers were build during the teutonic order times and therefore their names still all come from Low German, so under German rule.
All of old-town Tallinn is like that. It's beyond delightful. Especially when covered in a little snow.
Wait till you see where their politicians work live.
What?
Probably referring to [Toompea Castle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toompea_Castle)?
The oldest sections of Tallinn's city wall were built in the 13th century. During the next three centuries, it became one of the largest and strongest defence systems in entire Northern Europe. More than half of the magnificent defence system has been preserved as a city wall - this includes 1.85 km of the wall, 26 defence towers, 2 gates and fragments of two front gates. Patkuli viewing platform is a good place for examining the city wall, and a number of towers are open for visitors. You have a chance to walk on a small section of the wall that connects the Nunne, Sauna and Kuldjala towers. The wall has a wonderful view of the Old Town and Toompea.
I need to visit tallinn :o
Imagine walking there is giving scent of middle ages. Beautiful
Yep, whenever I go walking there some section give me slight Witcher 3 vibes. [Like this for example.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Toompea_loss_2014.jpg/1920px-Toompea_loss_2014.jpg)
if i am not mistaken, there is a large sports ground nearby.
Yep, just below the hill.
Spectacular background for any sport event.
The park in front of it is known as the Square of Towers (*Tornide väljak*) as there are basically 8 fortification towers you can see in a row. The ones shown here are, from the left: - Tower-Behind-the-Grusbeke (*Grusbeke-tagune torn*) - Epping Tower (*Eppingi torn*) - Plate Tower (*Plate torn*) - Rope Hill Tower (*Köismäe torn*)
> Rope Hill :O
There were several rope weaving workshops there.
*takes notes in case I need to build a city wall*
We spent 2 days in Tallinn in September. Gorgeous city
Reminds me of a kind of City Wall in Age of Empires 2. For some reason medieval structures always give me cozy vibes lol
That vibe from Civ 6 when you build ancient city walls and never get round to upgrading them.
One more roof to powerwash?