Tallinna Linnatranspordi AS (TLT) is a transportation company owned by the city of Tallinn, Estonia. TLT is a result of the merger of Tallinn Bus Company and Tallinn Tram and Trolleybus Company in July 2012. The company provides bus, trolleybus, and tram services in Tallinn.
Victor of Marseilles was an Egyptian Christian martyr. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, and Eastern Orthodox Church.
The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral of Tallinn is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in central Tallinn, Estonia. It was built in 1894–1900, when the country was part of the former Russian Empire. The cathedral is the city's largest cupola church. The late Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929–2008) started his priestly ministry in the cathedral. It is the primary cathedral of the semi-autonomous Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate.
The Kopli cemetery was Estonia's largest Lutheran Baltic German cemetery, located in the suburb of Kopli in Tallinn. It contained thousands of graves of prominent citizens of Tallinn and stood from 1774 to shortly after World War II, when it was completely flattened and destroyed by the Soviet occupation authorities governing the country at the time. The former cemetery is now a public park.
Tõnismägi is a 36-metre high hillock adjacent to Toompea hill in Tallinn, Estonia.
Freedom Square is a plaza on the southern end of the Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia, where state functions and various concerts take place. It is bounded on the east by St. John's Church, on the south by Kaarli Boulevard and an underground shopping center (2008–09), and on the west by a Victory Column (2009) commemorating the Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920.
Raekoja plats is a town square beside Tallinn Town Hall in the center of the Tallinn Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia.
Maakri is a subdistrict in the district of Kesklinn (Midtown), Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 1,099. In the last decade Maakri has developed into the main business centre of Tallinn. Many high-rise buildings have been built into the area during this period.
Viru Square was a square in the center of Tallinn, Estonia. It existed as a square until 2002 when the construction of Viru Centre began. Currently only a roundabout and an official "street name" are left of the former open area. The roundabout is the intersection of three main streets of Tallinn: Pärnu maantee, Narva maantee, Mere puiestee ; and two smaller: Viru tänav and Vana-Viru tänav. Also, all of the five tram lines of Tallinn go through the roundabout.
St. John's Church is a large Lutheran parish church in Tallinn, Estonia. It is dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist, a disciple of Jesus Christ and author of the fourth Christian Gospel. Construction began in 1862, and the church was opened in 1867.
Charles's Church is a Lutheran church in Tallinn, Estonia, built 1862–1870 to plans by Otto Pius Hippius. It is Tallinn's grandest 19th-century church.
The Three Handed Mother of God Church is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church that is located in the 22 street Laboratooriumi in Tallinn, Estonia. The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Estonia managed the building in the period between 1994 and 1997.
The Great Synagogue of Tallinn was an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, that was located in Maakri Street, Tallinn, Estonia. Nowadays, the Jews are using Tallinn Synagogue.
Tallinn Observatory is an observatory in Tallinn, Estonia. Since 1993, the observatory is a part of Tallinn University of Technology.
Church of Our Lady of Kazan (Tallinn) (Estonian: Tallinna Kaasani kirik) is a Russian Orthodox church in Tallinn, Estonia. The church building is the oldest wooden structure in Tallinn.
Metropolitan Alexander was an Estonian Orthodox clergyman.
Church of the Icon of the Mother of God "Quick to Hearken" is an orthodox church in Tallinn, Estonia.
Church of St. John's almshouse is a wooden church in Tallinn, Estonia. Since 1999 the building is designated as "architectural monument".
Tallinn Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Our Lord is an Eastern Orthodox church in Tallinn, Estonia. The church is dedicated to the transfiguration of Our Lord (Jesus).
St. Simeon's and St. Anne's Cathedral Church is an Eastern Orthodox church in Tallinn, Estonia. Construction of the original church on the site began in c. 1752, and it was consecrated in 1755. It was remodelled and extended in the 1870s. After being decommissioned in 1963 in the antireligion-era of Soviet control, it was used for various purposes while not under church authority. The fabric of the building was greatly altered during this period. In 1999, the process of returning the property to the Eastern Orthodox Church began, and since then it has been used by a congregation of the autonomous Estonian Orthodox Church (EAOK). Now a constituent parish and cathedral church of the EAOK archdiocese of Tallinn, it was extensively restored early in the 21st century. The church is dedicated to the saints Simeon the God-receiver and Anna the Prophetess, both New Testament figures who appear in the Gospel of Luke.
