Famous life · 1928
Two swans for the Kadriorg ponds
Kadrioru tiikide luiged
In June 1928 a well-known Tallinn businessman gave the interior ministry two handsome swans for the ponds of Kadriorg Park, having had them ordered specially from abroad. Postimees reported that people were coming in great numbers to look at them. Kadriorg, the park Peter the Great laid out around his summer palace in the 1710s, was then being tidied up as a public park for the city. The swan pond by the park's main avenue, with its little island pavilion, is still one of Tallinn's favourite spots for a Sunday walk.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
1928. aasta juunis kinkis üks tuntud Tallinna ärimees siseministeeriumile Kadrioru tiikidesse kaks ilusat luike, mis ta oli spetsiaalselt välismaalt tellinud. Postimehe teatel käis rahvast suurel hulgal neid vaatamas. Kadriorgu, mille Peeter I lasi 1710. aastatel oma suvelossi ümber rajada, korrastati siis linnarahva pargiks. Pargi peaallee ääres olev luigetiik koos saarekese paviljoniga on tänini üks tallinlaste lemmikkohti pühapäevaseks jalutuskäiguks.