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View from <a href="/wiki/Harjum%C3%A4gi" title="Harjumägi">Harjumägi</a>. In the foreground the <a href="/wiki/War_of_Independence_Victory_Column" title="War of Independence Victory Column">War of Independence Victory Column</a>, with the building of the former insurance company EEKS-MAJA on the left, and <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Church,_Tallinn" title="St. John's Church, Tallinn">St. John's Church</a> behind</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Freedom Square</b> (<a href="/wiki/Estonian_language" title="Estonian language">Estonian</a>: <i lang="et">Vabaduse väljak</i>) is a plaza on the southern end of the Old Town in <a href="/wiki/Tallinn" title="Tallinn">Tallinn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>, where state functions and various concerts take place. It is bounded on the east by <a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Church,_Tallinn" title="St. John's Church, Tallinn">St. John's Church</a> (built 1862–67), on the south by Kaarli Boulevard and an underground shopping center (2008–09), and on the west by a <a href="/wiki/War_of_Independence_Victory_Column" title="War of Independence Victory Column">Victory Column</a> (2009) commemorating the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_War_of_Independence" title="Estonian War of Independence">Estonian War of Independence</a> 1918–1920. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Square,_Tallinn&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The current design was created by architects <a href="/wiki/Tiit_Trummal" title="Tiit Trummal">Tiit Trummal</a>, Veljo Kaasik and <a href="/wiki/Andres_Alver" title="Andres Alver">Andres Alver</a>. Before 2010, it was a parking lot. It has an area of 7752 m<sup>2</sup><sup id="cite_ref-area_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-area-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with the dimensions approx. 110 m by 75 m. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Nearby_places">Nearby places</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Square,_Tallinn&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Nearby places"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/War_of_Independence_Victory_Column" title="War of Independence Victory Column">War of Independence Victory Column</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Church,_Tallinn" title="St. John's Church, Tallinn">St. John's Church, Tallinn</a></li> <li>Palace Hotel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Ots_Tallinn_Music_College" title="Georg Ots Tallinn Music College">Georg Ots Tallinn Music College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russian_Theatre,_Tallinn" title="Russian Theatre, Tallinn">Russian Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallinn_City_Government" title="Tallinn City Government">Tallinn City Government</a> Building</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallinn_Art_Hall" title="Tallinn Art Hall">Tallinn Art Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Artists%27_Association" title="Estonian Artists' Association">Estonian Artists' Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Centre_for_Contemporary_Art" title="Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art">Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Square,_Tallinn&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pre-republic">Pre-republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Square,_Tallinn&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pre-republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The square arose on the site of the Swedish bastion in front of the Harju Gate, which was demolished in the middle of the 19th century. In 1867, the St. John's Church was erected on the square. In 1910, the Haymarket was liquidated on the square, and the square was paved with stones. On the 200th anniversary of the capture of the city by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, a monument to <a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great" title="Peter the Great">Peter I</a> was erected on the square, which was dismantled on 1 May 1922. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Republic">First Republic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Square,_Tallinn&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: First Republic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1935, the area of the square was expanded. The boulevards were relocated and almost 2,500 square meters of new space was built under the square.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Soviet_era">Soviet era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Square,_Tallinn&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Soviet era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gloria_Palace,_1944.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Gloria_Palace%2C_1944.jpg/220px-Gloria_Palace%2C_1944.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Gloria_Palace%2C_1944.jpg/330px-Gloria_Palace%2C_1944.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Gloria_Palace%2C_1944.jpg/440px-Gloria_Palace%2C_1944.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="866" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Stalinist" class="mw-redirect" title="Stalinist">Stalinist</a> building facade on the square.</figcaption></figure> <p>On 29 April 1941, Freedom Square was named to <i>Victory</i> Square after the beginning <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Estonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet occupation of Estonia">Soviet occupation of Estonia</a>. In the autumn of 1941, after the arrival of the German <a href="/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a>, the name of Freedom Square was restored. On 22 September 1944, the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> entered Tallinn and by 1948, it was reverted to Victory Square. During the Soviet period, Freedom Square was known as the Victory Square (<span title="Estonian-language text"><i lang="et">Võidu väljak</i></span>). In the USSR, the square hosted parades in honor of holidays like <a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(9_May)" title="Victory Day (9 May)">Victory Day</a>, the <a href="/wiki/October_Revolution" title="October Revolution">October Revolution</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and before 1969, <a href="/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day" title="International Workers' Day">International Workers' Day</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modern_Freedom_Square">Modern Freedom Square</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Square,_Tallinn&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Modern Freedom Square"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Cross of Liberty and the Monument to the War of Independence was opened on 23 June 2009 as a memorial for those who fell during the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_War_of_Independence" title="Estonian War of Independence">Estonian War of Independence</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Freedom_Square,_Tallinn&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Freedom_square_Tallinn.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Postcard image of Freedom Square from 1900"><img alt="Postcard image of Freedom Square from 1900" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Freedom_square_Tallinn.jpg/120px-Freedom_square_Tallinn.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Freedom_square_Tallinn.jpg/180px-Freedom_square_Tallinn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Freedom_square_Tallinn.jpg/240px-Freedom_square_Tallinn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1580" data-file-height="932" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Postcard image of Freedom Square from 1900</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tallinn24Feb1919.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The first celebration of Estonian Independence Day in 1919"><img alt="The first celebration of Estonian Independence Day in 1919" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tallinn24Feb1919.jpg/120px-Tallinn24Feb1919.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tallinn24Feb1919.jpg/180px-Tallinn24Feb1919.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Tallinn24Feb1919.jpg/240px-Tallinn24Feb1919.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1462" data-file-height="987" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The first celebration of <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Declaration_of_Independence" title="Estonian Declaration of Independence">Estonian Independence Day</a> in 1919</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-231,_Reval,_Freiheitsplatz.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="During the German occupation in 1943"><img alt="During the German occupation in 1943" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-231%2C_Reval%2C_Freiheitsplatz.jpg/120px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-2004-231%2C_Reval%2C_Freiheitsplatz.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="73" class="mw-file-element" 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title="Tallinn Zoo">Tallinn Zoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallinn_Botanic_Garden" title="Tallinn Botanic Garden">Tallinn Botanic Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_%C3%9Clemiste" title="Lake Ülemiste">Lake Ülemiste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Harku" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Harku">Lake Harku</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pirita_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Pirita River">Pirita River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aegna" title="Aegna">Aegna island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadriorg_Park" title="Kadriorg Park">Kadriorg Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danish_King%27s_Garden" title="Danish King's Garden">Danish King's Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanuti_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanuti Garden">Kanuti Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kuberneri_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuberneri Garden">Kuberneri Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Komandandi_Garden" class="mw-redirect" title="Komandandi Garden">Komandandi Garden</a></li> <li><a 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kõrts</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Maritime_Museum" title="Estonian Maritime Museum">Estonian Maritime Museum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Seaplane_Harbour" title="Seaplane Harbour">Seaplane Harbour</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Firefighting_Museum" title="Estonian Firefighting Museum">Estonian Firefighting Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_History_Museum" title="Estonian History Museum">Estonian History Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Museum_of_Natural_History" title="Estonian Museum of Natural History">Estonian Museum of Natural History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Health_Museum" title="Estonian Health Museum">Estonian Health Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Theatre_and_Music_Museum" title="Estonian Theatre and Music Museum">Estonian Theatre and Music Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Museum_of_Estonian_Architecture" title="Museum of Estonian Architecture">Museum of Estonian Architecture</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Tallinn_University_of_Technology" title="Tallinn University of Technology">Tallinn University of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Academy_of_Arts" title="Estonian Academy of Arts">Estonian Academy of Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Academy_of_Music_and_Theatre" title="Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre">Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Academy_of_Security_Sciences" title="Estonian Academy of Security Sciences">Estonian Academy of Security Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Maritime_Academy" title="Estonian Maritime Academy">Estonian Maritime Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tallinn_University_of_Applied_Sciences" title="Tallinn University of Applied Sciences">Tallinn University of Applied Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Business_School" title="Estonian Business School">Estonian Business School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Estonian_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Estonian Academy of 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