Great Guild Hall - Tallinn, Estonia
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N 59° 26.294 E 024° 44.737
35V E 372146 N 6591017
This medieval building still stands in the historical center of Tallinn, capital city of Estonia
Waymark Code: WMMG6T
Location: Estonia
Date Posted: 09/16/2014
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The Great Guild Hall has a long story (see below) and currently it hosts the Great Guild Hall Museum, a quality museum recently renovated managed by the National Museum of Estonia.
From Wikipedia:
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"The Great Guild was a guild for merchants and artisans, operating in Tallinn from at least the 14th century until 1920.It was based in the Great Guild hall, a Gothic building in the historical centre of Tallinn, today housing the Estonian History Museum.
The building was erected in 1407-1410, with the interiors finished in 1417. The façade is decorated with blind arches, and has a typical, prominent portal. Inside, the main hall especially retains the medieval atmosphere. It is a large (365 square metres (3,930 sq ft)) room, supported by a range of pillars with decoratively carved capitals.
The Great Guild hall is considered a typical example of medieval Tallinn architecture."
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This category is focused only to original Gothic architecture, not to pseudo-Gothic, neo-Gothic or Gothic Revival. You can not find this kind of architecture outside of "Old World", moreover this architecture appeared in ca XIIth century (early Gothic) and the last buildings are from cca XVIth (late Gothic) century...