Loopealse

The Loopealse (red) district in the Lasnamäe (yellow) district of Tallinn

Residential houses in Loopealse

New Russian Orthodox Church in Loopealse

Loopealse (in German "the Alvar [area]") is a district ( Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn . It is located in the Lasnamäe district (German "Laaksberg").

description

The city district has 2,048 inhabitants (as of May 1, 2010).

The cityscape is still dominated by prefabricated high-rises in the Soviet style . In addition, numerous five to eight-story new buildings are currently being built in Loopealse. Due to its location on a limestone mountain, the place offers a good view of the Baltic Sea .

In Loopealse, around the 1800 m² “Patriarch Alexius II Square” ( Patriarh Aleksius II väljak ) stands one of the largest new Orthodox churches in Estonia. Alexius II. (1929–2008) was Patriarch of Moscow and all of Russia from 1990 until his death and thus head of the Russian Orthodox Church . He was from Tallinn.

Web links

Commons : Loopealse  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ http://www.epl.ee/artikkel/479012

Coordinates: 59 ° 27 '  N , 24 ° 50'  E