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Fat Margaret

At the sea end of Pikk Street stands a wide, squat cannon tower built in the early 1500s to guard the harbour. Nobody knows for sure where its nickname, Paks Margareeta or Fat Margaret, comes from. Some say it was named after a big cannon, others after a plump cook who fed the soldiers inside. Whatever the truth, the name stuck, and today the tower houses the Estonian Maritime Museum.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Pika tänava mereäärses otsas seisab lai ja jässakas kahuritorn, mis ehitati 1500. aastate alguses sadama kaitseks. Keegi ei tea kindlalt, kust pärineb tema hüüdnimi Paks Margareeta. Mõned ütlevad, et see on saanud nime suure kahuri järgi, teised, et ühe tüse kokatädi järgi, kes torni sõdureid toitis. Olgu kuidas on, nimi jäi külge, ja praegu asub tornis Eesti Meremuuseum.

Map of the area around Fat Margaret
59.44170° N, 24.75140° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: Tallinn tradition about the tower's nickname.

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