Kastell
Toompea Castle
27 persuna tal-post jissuġġeruh,
Lokalità
1a Lossi plats
Tallinn, Harju maakond
Suġġerimenti mingħand nies tal-post
Perched on a limestone cliff and towering over the rest of the city, Toompea Castle has always been the seat of power in Estonia.
Perched on a limestone cliff and towering over the rest of the city, Toompea Castle has always been the seat of power in Estonia. Ever since the German Knights of the Sword first built a stone fortress here in 1227-29, every foreign empire that ruled Estonia used the castle as its base. Today, appropriately, it's home to Estonia's Parliament.
Toompea Castle was erected on the foundations of the crumbling eastern wing of the fortress built on this site in the 13th and 14th centuries. Today the castle is home to the Riigikogu (the Estonian parliament).
Upper part of the Old Town, location of Parliament, Pikk Hermann tower and nice views.