EXTRA CHAPTER: Buildings in Estonia from the 19th and early 20th centuries

A small selection of manors:


Aruküla manor, 1820.



Riisipere manor, 1821 (undergoing renovation in the picture, now the surroundings are nicer :P)




Puurmani manor, 1880.


Sangaste manor, 1883.



Alatskivi manor, 1885.




Laitse manor, 1894.



Taagepera manor, 1912.


Cities:



Angel´s Bridge in Tartu, 1838.



The city palace of the Kaulbars family, from the middle of the 1850s.




Kohtu 3 in Tallinn, from the 1820s.



Pärnu City Hall, opened in 1839.



Kanuti Guild building, Tallinn, 1864.



Ungern-Sternberg city palace, Tallinn, 1865. Now the Estonian Academy of Sciences.





Russian Commerce Bank, Tallinn, 1875.



Dorpater Bank, Tartu, 1879.



Djomin Department Store, Tallinn, 1882.



Tallinn Peter Secondary School of Science, 1884.



Tallinn Municipal Court, 1894.



Stackelberg city palace, Tallinn, 1899.



Rüütli 9 in Tartu, 1903.




Pärnu High School for Girls, 1907.



Pikk 25 building, Tallinn, 1909.


Churches:



Kuressaare St. Lawrance church, 1836.


St. John´s of Kanepi, 1810



St. Nicholas (Orthodox) church in Tallinn, 1827.




St. Charles church in Tallinn, 1862.



St. John´s in Tallinn, 1867



St. Paul´s in Viljandi, 1866.




Tartu Catholic Church, 1899.



St. Peter´s in Tartu, 1884.



St. Mary-Magdalene Church in Rapla, 1901.



St. Paul´s in Tartu, 1917.

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