Photo Tallinn. Night. The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Vi by Vasili Kalinkin

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Tallinn. Night. The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Vi

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travel, architecture, landscape

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Europe

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Three days and Tallinn

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The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin is the main Lutheran church in Estonia and one of three functioning medieval churches.
The present appearance of the Cathedral is the result of much rebuilding. The original temporary wooden church is thought to have been built on Toompea Hill in 1219, and was first mentioned in 1233. The stone church was begun ten years later. The spire dates to the baroque period, and several chapels, from even later periods.
Notable items in the church’s interior include numerous gravestones from the 13th to the 18th centuries and numerous nobles` shield epitaphs from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Among the famous people buried in the church are the well-known captain Pontus de la Gardie and his wife, Sophia Gyllenhelm, daughter of Swedish king Johann III; admiral Samuel Greigh, Catherine the Great’s lover; and the Russian admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern, who led the expedition around the world.
If you take three steps from the main entrance of the Cathedral toward the southern nave, you will find a large stone slab which reads, "Otto Johann Thuve, landlord of Edise, Vääna and Koonu Ehis grave, 1696 A.D." The Estonian Thuve was an especially merry and licentious sort, who adored raucous parties with wine, women and song. As he lay dying, however, he was overcome with a sudden sense of contrition. He asked to be buried at the threshold of the Cathedral so that the godfearing people, who kneel to pray upon entering the church, might eventually save his soul from his sinful ways.

published:

Sun 10 Apr 2005 13:20

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digital camera Nikon D100

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https://www.photoforum.ru/photo/181120/

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Nuno Milheiro #1 Sun 10 Apr 2005 13:26

Very interesting night view!good colours,light and interesting historic description you made. Regards

A. Girao #2 Sun 10 Apr 2005 13:31

Nice description!!!
Good perspective, nice nocturne composition
Regards

mircea grumaz #3 Sun 10 Apr 2005 13:35

excellent dark tonality - nice composition and very good nocturne
best regards

Natalia Norland #4 Sun 10 Apr 2005 13:56

Прелестная карточка! Обожаю Таллин!

Petur Einarsson #5 Sun 10 Apr 2005 14:00

Very beautiful picture. Good colors and very fine ligth from the street.
Good work I like it

Berenice Kauffmann Abud - AFIAP #6 Sun 10 Apr 2005 14:35

Very beautiful perspective with an excellent description. Congrats!!!

Have a great day my friend!
Big *HUG*,
Bere

Miguel Corte-Real #8 Sun 10 Apr 2005 15:31

beautiful nocturne!

Nadezda Koldysheva #10 Sun 10 Apr 2005 16:31

Великолепная композиция!!! Прекрасные краски!!!

Irina Opachevsky #11 Sun 10 Apr 2005 16:43

Спасибо за интересный рассказ!

Bjorn Johan Kirksather #12 Sun 10 Apr 2005 17:13

Very intresting historic information and good picture with good mood. Bjorn

Andrey Ivanov #13 Sun 10 Apr 2005 17:24

Слишком заоптимизировали.

Vasili Kalinkin #18 Sun 10 Apr 2005 18:30

> "Слишком заоптимизировали".
Андрей извини, но я не понял. Поясни в чем оптимизация???

Andrey Ivanov #37 mon 11 Apr 2005 10:03

Видите на границе темных и светлых тонов появились артефакты. Это когда вы JPG делали с высоким уровнем компресии. Фотография 60Кб весит, а допустимо 150Кб еслиб уровень компресии поставили поменьше, то и артефактов практически небыло-бы. ) Вроде так )

Vitor Nunes #14 Sun 10 Apr 2005 17:49

Excellent nocturne shot
Very well presented

Yuriy Gogin #15 Sun 10 Apr 2005 18:04

Великолепный ночной вид!
Снято изумительно!
Всех благ!

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