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St Mary's Cathedral | |
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Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Mary, Tallinn | |
59°26′13.56″N 24°44′20.4″E / 59.4371000°N 24.739000°E | |
Location | Vanalinn, Tallinn, Harju County |
Address | Toom-Kooli 6 |
Country | Estonia |
Language(s) | Estonian |
Denomination | Lutheran |
Previous denomination | Catholic |
Website | toomkirik |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founded | before 1219 |
Founder(s) | Danes |
Dedication | Blessed Virgin Mary |
Dedicated | 1240 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Cathedral |
Heritage designation | Kultuurimälestis (no. 1087) |
Designated | 20 September 1995 |
Architectural type | Basilica |
Style | Gothic |
Years built | 1229–1240 1330–1430 (enlargement) 1686–1779 (restoration) |
Groundbreaking | before 1219 |
Specifications | |
Length | 29 metres (95 ft 2 in) |
Number of towers | 1 |
Tower height | 69 metres (226 ft 5 in) |
Materials | Stone |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Tallinn |
Deanery | Tallinn |
Clergy | |
Archbishop | Urmas Viilma |
Rector | Arho Tuhkru Joel Siim |
Deacon(s) | René Paats |
St. Mary's Cathedral, Tallinn (Estonian: Toomkirik, full name: Tallinna Püha Neitsi Maarja Piiskoplik Toomkirik, German: Ritter- und Domkirche, English: The Episcopal Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Mary, Tallinn, also known as the Dome Church) is a cathedral church located on Toompea Hill in Tallinn, Estonia. Originally established by Danes in the 13th century, it is the oldest church in Tallinn and mainland Estonia. It is also the only building in Toompea which survived the 17th-century fire.[1]
Originally a Roman Catholic cathedral, it became Lutheran in 1561 and now belongs to the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Tallinn, the spiritual leader of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, and chairman of that church's governing synod.
The church has been a national cultural monument of Estonia since 20 September 1995.[2]