Kadriorg Palace was built in the 18th century as a summer residence by Russian Tsar Peter I the Great for his wife Catherine I of Russia. The palace is a splendid baroque building that now houses the national museum of art. It is surrounded by a beautiful park in a quiet residential area of Tallinn. [...]
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Tallinn, Estonia
February 20th, 2010
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The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is the Russian orthodox cathedral of Tallinn. It was build between 1895 and 1900 when Estonia was part of the Russian Empire. La cathédrale Alexandre Nevski est la cathédrale russe orthodoxe de Tallinn. Elle a été construite entre 1895 et 1900, à l’époque où l’Estonie faisait partie de l’Empire russe. La [...]
Tallinn open-air museum, Estonia
February 1st, 2010
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If you spend a few days in Tallinn, don’t forget to visit the open-air ethnographic museum in Rocca-al-Mare. This 79-hectare park houses 72 old buildings among which farms, mills, a school, a fire station and a church, that will allow you to image what life was like in Estonia a few centuries ago. You can [...]
