Metsakalmistu

Pirita, Estonia

Tallinn's most famous cemetery Metsakalmistu was officially opened in 1939. Among its most famous permanent guests are Estonia’s presidents Konstantin Päts and Lennart Meri, writers Lydia Koidula and Anton-Hansen Tammsaare, chess player Paul Keres, composer Raimond Valgre and singer Georg Ots. Even if you don't visit these celebrity graves, a stroll through the rest of the cemetery is still a fascinating and peaceful experience. Take bus N°34A or 38 to the Metsakalmistu or Pärnamäe stops.

References:

In Your Pocket

Address

Kloostrimetsa tee 36, Pirita, Estonia

See all sites in Pirita

Details

Founded: 1939
Category: Cemeteries, mausoleums and burial places in Estonia
Historical period: The Independent Republic (Estonia)

More Information

www.kalmistud.ee
www.inyourpocket.com
wikimapia.org

Rating

4.6/5 (based on Google user reviews)

Interesting Sites Nearby

The Church of Holy Spirit (8 km)
Great Guild Hall (8 km)
St. Catherine's Monastery (7,9 km)
St. Peter and St. Paul's Cathedral (7,8 km)
House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads (7,9 km)
Dominican Monastery (7,8 km)
Tallinn City Museum (7,8 km)
St. Olaf's Church (7,7 km)
St. Nicholas Orthodox Church (7,8 km)

Tallinn Town Hall (8,1 km)
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (8,4 km)
St Mary's Cathedral (8,4 km)
St. Nicholas Church (8,3 km)
Swedish St. Michael's Church (8,3 km)
Kiek in de Kök (8,4 km)
Toompea Castle (8,5 km)
Pikk Hermann (8,6 km)
Freedom Square (8,3 km)

User Reviews

Yixuan Liu (2 years ago)
A very special hiking site, with beautiful natural scenery and tombstones

Andres Porila (3 years ago)
Maintained and a lot of history

Кристина Ефимова (3 years ago)
A good place: warm ground, quiet and calm, it's cool to lie here. Only one drawback: you can't get out of here

Wolfich lutska (3 years ago)
good place for dating, only for the smell of corpses

Tauri (4 years ago)
RIP.

Featured Historic Landmarks, Sites & Buildings

Finest Norman castles in Italy

Exploring the History of Northern Poland

Discovering Slovenia's Historic Wonders

Photo from Flickr, copyright CONTROTONO

Historic Site of the week

Clementinum

The Clementinum is a historic complex of buildings in Prague. Until recently the complex hosted the National, University and Technical libraries, the City Library also being located nearby on Mariánské Náměstí. The Technical library and the Municipal library have moved to the Prague National Technical Library at Technická 6 since 2009. It is currently in use as the National Library of the Czech Republic.

Its history dates from the existence of a chapel dedicated to Saint Clement in the 11th century. A Dominican monastery was founded in the medieval period, which was transformed in 1556 to a Jesuit college. In 1622 the Jesuits transferred the library of Charles University to the Klementinum, and the college was merged with the University in 1654. The Jesuits remained until 1773, when the Klementinum was established as an observatory, library, and university by the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria.