TALLINN, ESTONIA: BRICKS & MORTAR

Monument for The 1st Congress of Estonian Trade Unions
Artist: Aleksander Kaasik
Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
13mar22
“Charles’s Church (Estonian: Kaarli kirik) is a Lutheran church. Built 1862–1870. It is Tallinn’s grandest 19th-century church.”
𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜
Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
13mar22
Name: Poisid Vihmavarjuga (English: Boys with an Umbrella)
🧑‍🎨: Mare Mikoff
Date: 1985 (original), 2008 (recasted statue)
Materials used: Bronze (statue) and marble (pedestal)
Location: Kanuti Park (near Mere Puiestee in old town Tallinn)

Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
13mar22

TARTU, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: ST. JOHN’S CHURCH

St. John’s Church. Brick Gothic Lutheran church. Dedicated to John the Baptist. The oldest parts of the current building originate from the 14th century.
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Tartu, Estonia 🇪🇪
15jan22

TARTU, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: TARTU USPENSKI CATHEDRAL

Construction of the Tartu Uspenski Cathedral started by the order of Peter I after the Northern War and it was consecrated in 1783. The church was established on the foundation of the Dominican Convent Church. It was initially built in the shape of a cross and was given its quadrangular shape in 1840.
Interesting facts: – a chapel to St Isidor, who died as a martyr, was established in the church in the course of its extension; ‑ the Bolsheviks killed 19 innocent people in the cellar of Krediidikassa 80 years ago. Their victims, archpriests Bleive and Berzhanitski, are buried in Uspenski Church. https://www.visitestonia.com/en/tartu-uspenski-cathedral-of-the-estonian-apostolic-orthodox-church

15jan22 Tartu, Estonia 🇪🇪

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: THE CHURCH UNDER THE SKIES

“𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝙷𝚄𝚁𝙲𝙷 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚋𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛-𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑, 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎.” 𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌 𝚅𝚒𝚕𝚗𝚒𝚞𝚜, 𝙻𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚊 🇱🇹 𝟸𝟿𝚍𝚎𝚌𝟸𝟷
Another church ⛪️. Walked past it on the way to Užupis. Looks old and beautiful, so…

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: SOUTH SIDE OF THE GATE OF DAWN

Southern side of The Gate of Dawn.
It’s a city gate and one of its most important religious, historical and cultural monuments. It is a major site of Catholic pilgrimage in Lithuania.
It was built between 1503 and 1522 as a part of defensive fortifications.
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Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
26dec21

VILNIUS, LITHUANIA 🇱🇹: IMMORTALITY

“𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝒸𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊’𝓁𝓁 𝒷𝑒 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓋𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑒𝒹 𝒶𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓍𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝑜𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓂𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓉𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝓎𝑜𝓊𝓇 𝓈𝑜𝓊𝓁.”
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𝐹𝓎𝑜𝒹𝑜𝓇 𝒟𝑜𝓈𝓉𝑜𝑒𝓋𝓈𝓀𝓎
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𝒱𝒾𝓁𝓃𝒾𝓊𝓈, 𝐿𝒾𝓉𝒽𝓊𝒶𝓃𝒾𝒶 🇱🇹
𝟤𝟩𝒹𝑒𝒸𝟤𝟣
“Idioto svajonės pačios gražiausios.”
~ Sigitas Parulskis
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Vilnius, Lithuania 🇱🇹
26dec21

NARVA, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: WHERE GOD RESIDES

𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜…
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𝙼𝚊 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚋…
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𝙽𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚊, 𝙴𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚊 🇪🇪
𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 ❄️ 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟷
Alexander’s Church. Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church in Narva, Estonia. Original cornerstone was laid in the summer of 1881. Congregated after Emperor Alexander II in the fall of 1883, after his assassination earlier in the spring. The church was consecrated on 9 June 1884. (wiki)

RAKVERE, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: PILGRIMAGE

Rakvere Birth of the Holy Mother Orthodox Church ⛪️
contains the holy remains of the martyred priest Sergei Florinski, which are the only public holy remains in Estonia. The church is a place for pilgrimage in the Russian Orthodox Church.
Tallinna tänav 17
Rakvere, Estonia 🇪🇪
16october2021