King street ( est. Kinga tänav , Bashmachnaya street) - short (105 m) Old Tallinn street ( Estonia ), leads from Town Hall Square to Pikk street .
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| A country | Estonia |
| City | Tallinn |
| Area | Kesklinn |
| Microdistrict | Vanalinne |
| Length | 105 m |
Content
- 1 History
- 2 Street development
- 3 Street in the cinema
- 4 Literature
- 5 notes
- 6 References
History
It took shape in the 13th century as a path connecting the road to the port of Tallinn (Pikk street) and the market on Town Hall Square.
The street got its name in the 14th century by shoe shops located here ( Est. King - shoe). At different times it was called Platea sutorum (1364), Schohmekerstrate (1405), Schuhmacherstraße (1740), Schusterstraße (1803), Schuhstraße (1806), Bashmachnaya street (1872), Schuhgasse (1893) - the name has always been associated with shoes [1] .
In January 1918, a plot on the even side of the street near Baron Riesenkampf was acquired by 185 million rubles from Tallinn businessman Ivan Egorov. In 1921, according to the project of architect Arthur Pern, he launched the construction of a trading house for the whole block to Mundi Street .
Street development
d. 3 -
Almost the entire even side of the street is occupied by the former house of the "fish king" Egorov [2] (assigned to Mundi street).
Corner House (Pikk, d. 10 ) - a monument of architecture of the XV century.
Street in the cinema
In the film “ The Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase ”, the famous Tallinn house “Egorova”, d. 3 on Mundi Street , is disguised as a children's clinic, the door that enters the children's doctor ( Eugene Lebedev ) opens onto the corner of Town Hall Square and King Street.
Literature
- E. Rannu. The past of old Tallinn. - Tallinn: Periodicals, 1987.