"huecks" - 1 õppematerjal

The Most Important Buildings in Lai Street in Tallinn

Street is one of the most beautiful although it was made very sparingly. 29 Lai Street Lai 29, is a diele-dornse type merchant`s house built in 1412. There is a unique 15th century well in front of the building. Today the building is known in Tallinn as "Hueck House", because it belonged to that family for almost 250 years. Later the building has been extended several times and it has had a number of eminent residents. From 1683 to 1939 the house belonged to the Huecks, a family that gave the city two burgomasters and six town councillors. Also some famous guests have stayed in the house, such as the 15th century artist Bernt Notke from Lübeck and later the Russian Czar Peter I. Legend has it that the czar planted the two lime trees growing in front of the house. 8 Numerous Baroque features of interior design have been later added to to the originally Gothic house, including a mythological painted ceiling to the Rape of Europa theme. The