Memorial or cemetery · 1920
Linda
Sculptor August Weizenberg long wanted to place Linda, mother of the epic hero Kalevipoeg, in Tallinn. His first marble Linda, finished in 1880, is now in the Art Museum of Estonia. In 1920 his wish came true. A bronze Linda, cast at the A. Strauss foundry, was set on a granite boulder brought from Finland, on the Swedish Bastion believed to be Kalev's burial mound. She sits resting on the stone she is carrying to her husband's grave. In 1920 a newspaper proposed calling the green hill Linda Hill, and the name stuck. On 14 June 1942 the June deportation was remembered here for the first time. Each 25 March and 14 June wreaths are laid below a plaque with lines by Marie Under, while church bells ring across Estonia.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kujur August Weizenberg soovis kaua püstitada Tallinna Kalevipoja ema Linda kuju. Tema esimene, marmorist Linda valmis 1880. aastal ja on praegu Eesti Kunstimuuseumis. 1920. aastal soov täitus. A. Straussi valukojas pronksi valatud Linda paigutati Soomest toodud graniitrahnule Rootsi kantsil, mida peeti Kalevi hauakünkaks. Linda istub kivil, mida ta kannab oma mehe hauale. 1920. aastal tegi Päevaleht ettepaneku nimetada roheline küngas Lindamäeks ja nimi jäi püsima. 14. juunil 1942 mälestati siin esimest korda juuniküüditamise ohvreid. Igal aastal 25. märtsil ja 14. juunil asetatakse pärjad Marie Underi värsiridadega tahvli ette ning samal ajal helisevad üle Eesti kirikukellad.