Gate on the Long Toompea

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Gate on the Long Toompea, view from Toompea
View through the Langen Toomberg towards the gate at the Langen Toomberg, 1900s

The gate on Long Toompea ( Estonian Pika jala väravatorn ) is a gate tower of the Reval city fortifications in the Estonian capital Tallinn (Reval).

location

He is at the bottom, the north end of the Old Town Revaler on the Cathedral Hill road leading Langer Cathedral Hill (Estonian: Pikk jalg), which is passed through a gate in the bottom of the tower.

Architecture and history

The square tower was built in 1380. Between 1450 and 1456 a reconstruction took place through which the tower got its present appearance, which still corresponds to the older form for the Reval city fortifications, in which square gate towers were integrated into the city wall. Since then, the tower has five floors and a total height of 20 meters. The floor plan is irregular, the individual floors are accessed by a spiral staircase on the northern side. The gate leading to Domberg was closed at night until the 19th century. Toompea and Old Town were separate cities until 1878.

In 2000 the tower was restored. Studios are located in the tower.

Web links

Commons : Tor am Langen Domberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Günther Schäfer, Mirko Kaupat, Alexandra Frank, Reise Know-How Travel Guide Baltic States: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia , Reise Know-How Verlag Peter Rump, 2017, ISBN 9783831747368 , page 517
  2. ↑ Inno Tähismaa, Tallinn lõpetas Pika Jala torni renoveerimise on www.aripaev.ee, published online on November 8, 2000 (Estonian)
  3. ^ Arved von Taube , Reval / Tallinn , Walter Rau Verlag Düsseldorf and Kempen / Allgäu 1979, ISBN 3-7919-0187-7 , page 72
  4. ↑ Inno Tähismaa, Tallinn lõpetas Pika Jala torni renoveerimise on www.aripaev.ee, published online on November 8, 2000 (Estonian)
  5. ^ Sophie Dehio, Reval once and now , Verlag von Franz Kluge, Reval 1910, page 86
  6. ↑ Inno Tähismaa, Tallinn lõpetas Pika Jala torni renoveerimise on www.aripaev.ee, published online on November 8, 2000 (Estonian)

Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ′ 15.5 "  N , 24 ° 44 ′ 33.7"  E