Military remains
Topeltpatarei
Off Kalaranna on Tallinn's harbour lie the ruins of the 'Double Battery', a sea fort begun in 1713–1715 on the orders of the Russian garrison commander Vassili Zotov as two separate timber-and-stone batteries. Rebuilt in limestone in 1748 and joined into one fort with some 50 guns by 1833, it was faced with granite in the 1840s and 1850s. When the Crimean War brought the British and French fleets into Tallinn bay in 1854 and the Russians saw the fall of Bomarsund on Åland, they decided such isolated forts could not be held and abandoned it in 1855. In 1868 it was sold for building stone.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Kalaranna lähedal Tallinna sadamas on Topeltpatarei varemed – merefort, mille ehitamist alustati 1713–1715 Tallinna garnisoni komandandi Vassili Zotovi korraldusel kahe eraldi puit-kivitarindis patareina. 1748. aastal ehitati see ümber paekivist, 1833. aastaks liideti üheks umbes 50 suurtükiga fordiks ning 1840.–1850. aastatel vooderdati graniidiga. Kui Krimmi sõja ajal 1854. aastal tungis Briti-Prantsuse laevastik Tallinna lahte ja venelased nägid Ahvenamaal Bomarsundi langemist, otsustati, et sellised üksikud kindlustused pole hoitavad, ning fort jäeti 1855. aastal maha. 1868. aastal müüdi see ehitusmaterjaliks.