House of the Blackheads
House of the Blackheads, or House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is a former headquarters of the Brotherhood of Blackheads.Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Theater building
- Description: building in Tallinn
- Address: Pikk 26, Tallinn, 10133
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town Hall Pharmacy and Estonian History Museum.
Town Hall Pharmacy
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Raeapteek is a pharmacy in the center of Tallinn, Estonia. Opposite the Tallinn Town Hall, at 11 Raekoja plats, it is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe, having always been in business in the same house since the early 15th century. Town Hall Pharmacy is situated 130 metres south of House of the Blackheads.
Estonian History Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estonian History Museum is a museum about the history of Estonia in Tallinn. It was initially established by the pharmacist Johann Burchart, who ran the town hall pharmacy known as the Raeapteek. Estonian History Museum is situated 100 metres southwest of House of the Blackheads.
Holy Spirit Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kesklinn and Maakri.
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.
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.
House of the Blackheads
- Categories: guild house, House of the Blackheads, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.4388° or 59° 26′ 20″ northLongitude
24.74678° or 24° 44′ 48″ eastLevels
3Open location code
9GF6CPQW+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 200675289OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=theatreOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q11883539
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“House of the Blackheads” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Casa de les Cabeces Negres”
- Basque: “Tallingo Buru Beltzen etxea”
- Basque: “Tallinngo Buru Beltzen etxea”
- Belarusian: “Дом Чорнагаловых”
- Catalan: “Casa dels Capnegres”
- Dutch: “Zwarthoofdenhuis”
- Estonian: “Mustpeade maja”
- Estonian: “Mustpeade Maja”
- Estonian: “Mustpeade Vennaskonna hoone”
- Estonian: “Tallinna Mustpeade maja”
- Finnish: “Mustapäiden talo (Tallinna)”
- Finnish: “Mustapäiden talo”
- Finnish: “Tallinnan Mustapäiden talo”
- French: “maison des Têtes Noires de Tallinn”
- French: “Maison des Têtes Noires de Tallinn”
- French: “Maison des Têtes noires”
- Galician: “Casa dos Cabezas Negras de Talín”
- German: “Schwarzhäupterhaus”
- Indonesian: “Schwarzhäupterhaus”
- Latvian: “Melngalvju nams (Tallina)”
- Latvian: “Melngalvju nams”
- Lithuanian: “Juodagalvių namas Taline”
- Low German: “Swartenhööften-Huus”
- Low German: “Swartenhööftenhuus”
- Persian: “خانه سرسیاهها (تالین)”
- Persian: “خانه سرسیاهها”
- Polish: “Dom Bractwa Czarnogłowych w Tallinnie”
- Russian: “Дом Черноголовых”
- Spanish: “Casa de los Cabezas Negras (Tallin)”
- Spanish: “Casa de los Cabezas Negras”
- Swedish: “Mustpeade maja”
- Turkish: “Karabaşlar Evi (Tallinn)”
- Turkish: “Karabaşlar Evi”
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