HAAPSALU, ESTONIA: ST. JOHN’S CHURCH

Rebuilt from a 15th century warehouse.

26feb23

HAAPSALU, ESTONIA 🇪🇪: ESTONIAN ORTHODOX MARIA MAGDALEENA CHURCH

The Estonian Orthodox Maria Magdaleena Church. Russian Tsar Alexander II attended the opening in 1852.
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Haapsalu, Estonia 🇪🇪
26feb23

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