Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Russian street

There is Russian street(Vene tänav in Estonian) in the old part of Tallinn, capital of Estonia. The Dominican Monastery, or to be precise, its surviving parts together with its nearest neighbourhood make up so called Latin Quarter where medieval mentality is carefully preserved. The Latin Quarter also includes the Catholic church of St.Peter's and St.Paul's, the Tallinn City Museum(14th-18th c.) occupying a house with decorative ashlar facade panel and a medieval hall across the street. The museum has a large number of exciting items on Tallinn's early history. Also associated with the Latin Quarter are several schoolhouses of the Old City Educational College, at Nos 13,15,21 and 22 Vene street, and, a short way down the street next the Bremen Tower, the Orthodox church of St.Nicholas the Wonderworker.

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