Photo Tallinn. Old city. St. Nicholas . by Vasili Kalinkin

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Tallinn. Old city. St. Nicholas .

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travel, architecture, landscape

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Over the centuries, the building was improved with additions and renovations. The late Gothic St. Anthony’s chapel, on the southern side of the church, and the Renaissance foyer on the northern side are particularly notable.
St. Nicholas was the only church in Tallinn’s downtown which remained untouched by the destruction of icons brought by the Lutheran Reformation in 1523: the clever head of the congregation poured molten lead into the locks of the church, and the raging hordes could not get in.
The church was seriously damaged, however, in the bombing raids of 1944. After its renovation, the church suffered a fire in 1982, but today it has once again been restored.
The rare main altar in St. Nicholas shows paintings depicting the life of St. Nicholas, and was commissioned from the Lübeck master Herman Rode in 1482.
The late 15th-century Maria altar, which once belonged to Tallinn’s Brotherhood of Blackheads, was commissioned from Bruges. The artist is generally considered to be the anonymous artist responsible for the Lucia legend, though the altar has also been associated with the workshop of Hans Memling, the leading artist in Bruges of that time.
Located in St. Anthony’s chapel is the preserved beginning section of the extensive Dance Macabre, painted by one of the great figures of Northern Europe in the late Middle Ages, Berndt Notke of Lübeck (late 15th century).

published:

Fri 15 Apr 2005 07:54

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Remi Aerts #1 Fri 15 Apr 2005 08:33

nice composition en very good lightning image

Olga Maleeva #2 Fri 15 Apr 2005 08:35

Чудесный кадр.
Рождение сказки!

A V E #3 Fri 15 Apr 2005 08:35

vot ata voobsche krutaya kompaziciya tuman ochen nravitsya!!! vsegda interesoval atot gorod! spasibo vam chto k kajdoy fotke takie interesnie rasskazi!!! voobsch uje kak v gorode pobival)