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Great Coastal Gate & Fat Margaret's Tower Good morning ladies and gentlemens, and welcome to Great Coastal Gate and Fat Margaret's Tower. Before we begin the tour, I`d like to tell you a little about their history. The Great Coastal Gate (Suur Rannavärav) was the most important gate in Tallinn. It was built as a defence on the seaward side of Tallinn, but also to impress visitors coming in from the sea. In the Middle Ages the Great Coastal Gate was about 300 footsteps from the harbour. Legends say, that during storms, the waves reached the gate. . In the 16th century, a powerful cannon tower was built next to the Great Coastal Gate. It had 155 loopholes, diameter of 25 meters, and a height of about 20 meters. The tower was named Roosikrantsi, but as it was the stoutest tower in the Wall, people started to
Most are spherical or almost spherical. What are the theories explaining the mystery? ★ A Maori Legend: The boulders are remains of calabash (a gourd bearing tree), kumara (a sweet potato) and eel baskets which washed ashore when a canoe was shipwrecked. The rocky shoals which extend seaward from nearby Shag Point are the canoe’s petrified hull. Theories ★ Aliens: Conspiracy theorists tell us the Moeraki Boulders are alien eggs either sent from space or washed up by the ocean. ★ Volcano: A plausible explanation, they were shot out of an ancient volcano and this is where they landed. My theory ★ I think that Moeraki Boulders are result of ice melting or volcano, but I like that aliens eggs theory, so I'm not sure One question...
energy along the way. In deep ocean, tsunami waves may appear only a foot or so high. But as they approach shoreline and enter shallower water they slow down and begin to grow in energy and height. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT HITS LAND? • A tsunami’s trough, the low point beneath the wave’s crest, often reaches shore first. When it does, it produces a vacuum effect that sucks coastal water seaward and exposes harbor and sea floors. This retreating of sea water is an important warning sign of a tsunami, because the wave’s crest and its enormous volume of water typically hit shore five minutes or so later. Recognizing this phenomenon can save lives. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT HITS LAND? • A tsunami is usually composed of a series of waves, called a wave train, so its destructive
1. Fat Margareta - 16. Cent. Tallinn's most impressive defensive structures, the Great Coastal Gate (Suur Rannavärav) and Fat Margaret's Tower. They were built not only to defend the city from the seaward side of town, but also to impress any visitors arriving via the harbour. Fat Margareta used to be a prison. It is a town wall's building. Now it's home to the Estonian Maritime Museum, which provides a detailed look at the nation's seafaring past. 2. The Great Coastal Gate - with the Viru Gates, are the last of six gates that controlled access to the town in Medieval times. 3. Kolm Õde - a hotel
great guild Guilds The Great Guild - the association of hansaetic merchants, married persons, Brotherhood of blackheads - association of local unmarried blackheads, when married went into the great guild. active from the 14th century til 1930. founded a military organisation, but became social one. Estonians were never accepted into guilds. Town Wall Fat margaret and great coastal gate They were built not only to defend the city from the seaward side of town, but also to impress any visitors arriving via the harbour.The Great Coastal Gate, along with the Viru Gates, are the last of six gates that controlled access to the town in Medieval times. The gate system here on Pikk street originated in the 1300s, but it was during reconstruction in the early 16th century that the Fat Margaret cannon tower was added. Built from 1511 to 1530, this hefty, round tower has a
http://www.tourism.tallinn.ee/eng/fpage/explore/attractions/old_town #!p_174683 Great Coastal Gate and Fat Margaret tower Standing guard at the north end of Pikk street are two of Tallinn's most impressive defensive structures, the Great Coastal Gate (Suur Rannavärav) and Fat Margaret tower (Paks Margareeta). They were built not only to defend the city from the seaward side of town, but also to impress any visitors arriving via the harbour. The Great Coastal Gate, along with the Viru Gates, are the last of six gates that controlled access to the town in Medieval times. The gate system here on Pikk street originated in the 1300s, but it was during reconstruction in the early 16th century that the Fat Margaret cannon tower was added. Built from 1511 to 1530, this hefty, round tower has a diameter of 25
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