Tallinn, is of course, the capital of Estonia.
Although Tallinn's old town hall is in the center of town and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, this City Council Center is on the edge of Tallinn's Old Town at Vana-Viru 12.
A sign on the building reads:
"TALLINA LINNAVOLIKOGU
CITY COUNCIL
1879
ARHITEKT NIKOLAI THAMM"
The City recently awarded a bid to design a new city hall...see images at (
visit link)
This building has two stories and an attic. It sits on a corner lot with a statue and relief sculpture at the corner space. It is painted pale yellow and white with the attic area panneled in red siding.
There is a balcony over the entrance to the building.
The Council's webpage (
visit link) has this to say about itself:
"Local councils are elected on the basis of the Local Government Council Election Act in free elections by general, uniform and direct vote for a term of four years. Voting is secret.
Tallinn City Council is independent in deciding the matters in the competence of the local government and acts only in the interests and the name of the citizens.
Elections to the 7th membership of the local council were held on 18th of October, 2009. City councillors were registered on 26th of October, 2009. Election results were published in the Postimees daily on 28th of October and the powers of the 7th membership of the local council commenced on 29th of October, 2009.
Tallinn City Council consists of 79 elected councillors. The chairman of Tallinna City Council is Mr Toomas Vitsut and the vice-chairman is Mr Jaak Juske."
Unfortunately, no information could be found about the history of the building.