Date of Inscription: 1997
Minor modification inscribed year: 2008
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Property : 113.0000 ha
Buffer zone: 2253.0000 ha
County of Harju
N59 25 59.988 E24 43 60
Ref: 822bis
The origins of Tallinn date back to the 13th century, when a castle was built there by the crusading knights of the Teutonic Order. It developed as a major centre of the Hanseatic League, and its wealth is demonstrated by the opulence of the public buildings (the churches in particular) and the domestic architecture of the merchants' houses, which have survived to a remarkable degree despite the ravages of fire and war in the intervening centuries.
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/822
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