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Encyclopedic overview
Freedom square. View from Harjumägi. In the foreground the War of Independence Victory Column, with the building of the former insurance company EEKS-MAJA on the left, and St. John's Church behind Freedom Square (Estonian: Vabaduse väljak) is a plaza on the southern end of the Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia, where state functions and various concerts take place. It is bounded on the east by St. John's Church (built 1862–67), on the south by Kaarli Boulevard and an underground shopping center (2008–09), and on the west by a Victory Column (2009) commemorating the Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920.
Design
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Freedom Square” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.