We continued our exhausting if not exhaustive exploration of the city, walking to the highest point of the city, Toompea Hill. Apart from a panoramic view over the city from the Patkuli Viewing Platform, the Russian Orthodox Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is there, as well as the Catholic, St Mary’s Cathedral.
View from Patkuli Viewing Platform, Toompea Hill
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
St Mary’s Cathedral
Baronial coats of arms are displayed around the church
Our final visit was to Kiek in de Kök (Peek in the Kitchen) Tower and Bastion tunnels. This set of towers were part of the major defences set up in the 15th century and developed further over the next four centuries to defend the city from attack.
The towers were equipped with cannon of which this is one of the smaller type.
The city wall is still accessible in places.
The Bastion tunnels were used as bomb shelters during the Second World War. They now contain relics from parts of the city that were bombed.
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