Church or chapel · 1862
Charles' Church
A chapel stood on Tõnismägi probably from the 14th century, and in 1670 King Charles XI of Sweden ordered a church built here for Tallinn's Estonian and Finnish population, as opposed to its Baltic Germans; it was named after him, and burned in 1710. Donations for a new one began in the 1850s, and Otto Pius Hippius's Romanesque Revival church, Tallinn's grandest of the 19th century, was built in 1862–1870, its twin towers enlarged in 1882. Its wide hall has no pillars. In the apse is Johann Köler's fresco 'Come to Me', the first fresco in Estonia by an ethnic Estonian, and the bells of the first church, cast in Stockholm in 1696, still ring.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Tõnismäel seisis kabel arvatavasti 14. sajandist ning 1670. aastal käskis Rootsi kuningas Karl XI ehitada siia kiriku Tallinna eesti ja soome elanikele, erinevalt baltisakslastest; kirik sai tema nime ja põles 1710. aastal. Uue jaoks hakati raha koguma 1850. aastatel ning Otto Pius Hippiuse neoromaani stiilis kirik, Tallinna 19. sajandi uhkeim, ehitati aastatel 1862–1870, kaksiktornid suurendati 1882. aastal. Selle avar saal on sammasteta. Apsiidis on Johann Köleri fresko „Tulge minu juurde“ – esimene eestlasest kunstniku fresko Eestis – ning siiani helisevad esimese kiriku 1696. aastal Stockholmis valatud kellad.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%27s_Church,_Tallinn ↗