Toompea Castle

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castle fortress government building tourist attraction

Toompea Castle is a historic fortress and governmental complex in Tallinn, Estonia, that serves as the seat of the national parliament.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Toompea Hill 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf castle ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
government building ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle Baroque ⓘ
Classicism ⓘ
Medieval architecture ⓘ
commonsCategory Toompea Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
coordinateLocation 59.436°N 24.737°E ⓘ
country Estonia ⓘ
flagpoleLocation Pikk Hermann tower NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.riigikogu.ee/en/introducing-riigikogu/toompea-castle/ ⓘ
hasPart Pikk Hermann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riigikogu building NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stenbock House NERFINISHED ⓘ
castle courtyard ⓘ
castle walls ⓘ
towers ⓘ
hasView Baltic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tallinn Old Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation cultural heritage monument of Estonia ⓘ
inception 13th century ⓘ
locatedIn Tallinn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Toompea NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Harju County NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInCapital Tallinn NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern European Summer Time ⓘ
Eastern European Time ⓘ
locatedOn limestone plateau ⓘ
materialUsed limestone ⓘ
occupant Parliament of Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Riigikogu NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupies Toompea Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Republic of Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Tallinn Old Town NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent construction by the Danes in the 13th century ⓘ
modern reconstruction of the Riigikogu wing in the 1920s ⓘ
rebuilding by the Teutonic Order ⓘ
symbolizes Estonian independence ⓘ
Estonian statehood ⓘ
usedFor governmental functions ⓘ
representative ceremonies ⓘ
seat of the Parliament of Estonia ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
visitorAttraction open to visitors in certain areas ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Lyndanisse → associatedPlace → Toompea Castle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Toompea Hill
Flag of Estonia → fliesOver → Toompea Castle ⓘ
Riigikogu → locatedInBuilding → Toompea Castle ⓘ