St. Mary's Cathedral - Tallinn, Estonia
N 59° 26.209 E 024° 44.348
35V E 371773 N 6590872
St. Mary's Cathedral is a 13th century cathedral located in Tallinn, Estonia. The cathedral was featured on an Estonia postage stamp in 1993.
Waymark Code: WMP8CJ
Location: Estonia
Date Posted: 07/19/2015
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"St Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn (Estonian: Toomkirik, full name: Tallinna Neitsi Maarja Piiskoplik Toomkirik, German: Ritter- und Domkirche, English: The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin in Tallinn, also known as Dome Church) is a cathedral church located on Toompea Hill in Tallinn, Estonia. Originally established by Danes in the 13th century, it is the oldest church in Tallinn and mainland Estonia. It is also the only building in Toompea which survived a 17th-century fire.
Originally a Roman Catholic cathedral, it became Lutheran in 1561 and now belongs to the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Tallinn, the spiritual leader of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, and chairman of that church's governing synod."
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