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in the 1720s on the order of Peter the Great. In 1857 Tallinn was not a fort any more and the 17 th and 18th century fortifications were given to the municipality to lay out parks and public gardens. The Ingrian Bastion was turned into Harjumägi in 1860. The Swedish Bastion became a park in 1862. In the 1920s people started to call it Lindamägi after the sculpture of Linda by A.Weizenberg that was set up there in1920. The Wismar Ravelline and the filled up moat became a dendrological garden later called the Deer Park. Gates In the Middle Ages there were eight gates in Tallinn. They were the Short Leg Gate, the Long Leg Gate, the Karja Gate, the Viru Gate, the Harju Gate, the Great Coast Gate, the Small Coast Gate and the Nun´s Gate. The Viru Gate was first recorded in 1359 and it was considered one of the major gates. The Harju Gate was situated at the place where Müürivahe Street crosses Harju Street. Museums There are more than 20 museums in Tallinn