Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn
The Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn, sometimes called the Tallinn Military Cemetery, is military cemetery in Tallinn. It is situated about 3 kilometres outside the centre of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery in Tallinn, Estonia (1916–)
- Also known as: “Tallinn Military Cemetery” and “Tallinn New Garrison Cemetery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Bronze soldier and Monument to the leaders of the War of Independence.
Bronze soldier
Memorial
The Bronze Soldier is the informal name of a controversial Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia, built at the site of several war graves, which were relocated to the nearby Tallinn Military Cemetery in 2007.
Monument to the leaders of the War of Independence
Memorial
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Monument to the leaders of the War of Independence is a memorial.
Siselinna Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: IvoFalk, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Siselinna Cemetery is a cemetery area in Juhkentali subdistrict, Tallinn, Estonia. Its area is 18.3 ha. Siselinna Cemetery is situated 270 metres northwest of Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maakri and Kesklinn.
Maakri
Quarter
Maakri is a subdistrict in the district of Kesklinn, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 1,099. In the last decade Maakri has developed into the main business centre of Tallinn.
Kesklinn
Suburb
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is situated on the Tallinn Bay and bordered to the northwest by the district of Põhja-Tallinn, to the west by Kristiine, to the southwest by Nõmme, to the east by Lasnamäe and Pirita, and to the south by Rae Parish, beyond Lake Ülemiste.
Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn
- Category: burial
- Location: Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.42196° or 59° 25′ 19″ northLongitude
24.76596° or 24° 45′ 58″ eastInception
1887Open location code
9GF6CQC8+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 10313850OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q5251189
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In Other Languages
From Estonian to Russian—“Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn” goes by many names.
- Estonian: “Kaitseväe kalmistu”
- Estonian: “Tallinna garnisoni kalmistu”
- Estonian: “Tallinna kaitseväe kalmistu”
- Estonian: “Tallinna Kaitseväe kalmistu”
- Russian: “Военное кладбище Таллина”
- Russian: “Таллинское военное кладбище”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vabadussõjas langenute mälestusehis and Kaitseväe kalmistu kabel.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Defence Forces Cemetery of Tallinn”. Photo: Tiitha, CC BY-SA 4.0.