



Paterei Prison
Paterei Sea Fortress
Tallinn Central Prison / The Battery
The fort was built from 1830–1837 as part of the fortifications for the tsarist Russian state. The building order was given by emperor Nicholas I.
The Republic of Estonia, which declared independence in 1918, reconstructed it as a prison after World War I. In 1919, the fort’s main function became a prison, lasting until 2005.
For Estonians, Patarei is one of the most prominent symbols of Soviet and Nazi political terror.
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Tallinn Estonia 🇪🇪
December 2022
“𝙱𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚍 & 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚗”
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𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖
𝙳𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚆𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗_𝙰 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝙰𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛
𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌, 𝙹𝚘𝚢𝚌𝚎 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗
Tallinn Estonia 🇪🇪 dec2022
*1 / 2Estonian Parliament building in the baroque, salmon-colored 13th-century Toompea Castle. *3 ‘Estonia’ armored car (1918) in Hirvepark, as part of a monument commemorating the Estonian War Of Independence. *4 This boulder is one of the blocks used on the road to Toompea for protection against any coup attempts in 1991. Now, a memorial.
*5 / 6 In 1711 , Tsar Peter I and his wife stayed in this residence (December 13-27) on his first visit to the new provinces. Now, the bottom floor is a Post Office.
Kultuurikatel , a location for the STALKER film by Andrei Tarkovsky. He had the “UN” painted on the tower for the movie: “It’s here, as a large freight train hovers into view, that Stalker, Writer and the Professor attempt to break into The Zone. As the train makes its way towards the barrier they slide their jeep into view and follow in its wake. While shooting the film, Tarkovsky had the UN’s acronym painted on the power plant’s chimney. Today the tracks have all been removed, but the UN remains.”
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Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
December 2022
“𝙸 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍.”
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𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖
𝙳𝚘𝚘𝚛 𝚆𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝙾𝚙𝚎𝚗_𝙰 𝙱𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝙻𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝙰𝚏𝚏𝚊𝚒𝚛
𝙹𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙺𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚊𝚌, 𝙹𝚘𝚢𝚌𝚎 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗
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Tallinn Estonia 🇪🇪
28dec22
I finally broke into the interior grounds of the Tallinna Linnahall yesterday. I’ve been flirting with it for over a year. Saw an opening and I entered. This place is a ghostly symbol of Soviet times. Built in 1980 for the Moscow Olympics – they needed a suitable sailing ⛵️ regatta location – originally named V.I. Lenin Palace of Sports and Culture. It stands locked and boarded up and on its surface, tourists traipse to and fro gawking at the graffiti and getting a view of the Sea. The skating rink closed in 2009 and the concert hall closed in 2010. Amazing performers graced the concert hall within…Duran Duran, The Sugar Cubes, The Scorpions, ELO to name a few. Imagine a show in there! The city looked for investors from 2009-2015 to refurbish, renovate, and ultimately resurrect this iconic venue, but alas, to no avail. In June-July 2019, it actually served as the “Kyiv Opera House” for the movie, “Tenet.” So you know there’s a special hall in there somewhere. Which I have not gotten to yet, but yesterday was a major breakthrough getting to places the tourists can’t get to…the different sides and levels that had been out of reach for me until yesterday. Many more pics to come. For now, this place in the center of the city, just slowly decays in front of our eyes. We are witnessing a slow, beautiful death.
*Feel free to fact-check the historical info I provided. This is just the story I have conjured up through my various researching and frequent visits. I’m trying to know and understand it, rather than ‘visit’ it. ✌🏼
Goal: to get a guided tour of the inside. That’s not a thing, but I want it to be.
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Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
28dec22