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City wall and Towers
Most of the medieval defence system has been preserved; this includes 1.8 km of the city wall and 26 defence towers
Timeless Tallinn
July 5th 2015 A UNESCO World Heritage site, Tallinn Old Town has been fortified since 1050, but its historic heyday began in 1285, when the Hanseatic League took control of the port. Tallinn and the rest of Estonia achieved full independence in 1991. The small city of half a million people bills itself as the most intact medieval city in Europe. It still has the original street system and most of the 14th and 1
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After centuries of Danish, Swedish, German, and Russian rule, Estonia attained independence in 1918. Forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1940, it regained its freedom in 1991, with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Since the last Russian troops le... ... read more COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom
