Tallinn
Tallinn
Tallinn is situated on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, in north-western Estonia.
A limestone cliff runs through the city. It is exposed, for instance, at Toompea and Lasnamäe.
However, Toompea is not a part of the cliff, but a separate hill. Coastline is 46 kilometres
long.The highest point of Tallinn, at 64 meters above the sea level, is situated in the district of
Nõmme, in the south-west of the city.
The first human steps, that archeologists found, are about 5000 years old. Tallinn`s first fortress
was built in Toompea, in 1050. As an important port for trade between Russia and Scandinavia,
it became a target for the expansion of the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Denmark
during the period of Northern Crusades in the beginning of the 13th century when Christianity
was forcibly imposed on the local population. Danish rule of Tallinn and Northern Estonia
started in 1219.
In 1285...
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