Kadriorg

Kadriorg ( historical German name Catherine Thal ) is a north-east borough (Estonian asum ) of the Estonian capital Tallinn.

History

1710 conquered Russia under Tsar Peter I of Sweden Estonia. In the summer of 1718, the Czar gave the order, between the Klint Lasnamäe ( German Laaksberg ) and the Baltic Sea to create a baroque palace and park ensemble Tallinn as his summer residence. He named the valley after his second wife Catherine. Planner and architect was the Italian Nicola Michetti (1675-1758), who was later also involved in the planning of the residence in Peterhof. 1722 550 trees were planted in the park. With the unexpected death of the Tsar in 1725, the project remained unfinished for now.

In the 19th century Kadriorg Tallinn was a suburb of the lower classes, despite the palace and park. To the plant around buildings had been built for the construction workers, and later also for staff. Since most of the residents of the settlement were Russians and the buildings built in the style of a Russian village, the district, the nickname Sloboda wore long (about Russian village ). Only gradually discovered Tallinn trippers, the beaches on the Baltic Sea. This sophisticated seaside resort was built, salons and townhouses were built. Kadriorgs final ascent to a finer area was made ​​in 1832, when three daughters of Tsar Nicholas I spent the summer in Kadriorg. As a result, members of the royal family always spent the summer months in Kadriorg.

1880, the third Estonian song festival was held in Kadriorg. On the Baltic Sea, the monument sculptor Amandus Adamson Roussalka the Estonian was inaugurated in 1902.

Kadriorg today

Today Kadriorg is a preferred urban residential area with numerous elaborately decorated wooden and stone houses of the 19th and 20th centuries. Some museums Estonian artist ( Johannes Mikkel, Lydia Koidula ) can be found there, as well as some foreign embassies. In a palace in the park of Kadriorg is the official residence of the Estonian president. Kadriorg Palace now houses the Estonian Museum of Foreign Art. In the small former home of Tsar Peter I is a museum dedicated to his life. In the immediate vicinity of the modern construction of the Kumu, which houses the most comprehensive collection of Baltic art since the 18th century stands. Named after the neighborhood Kadrioru Staadion is the home ground of FC Levadia Tallinn.

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