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Viru Gate

Viru Gate is part of the fortress wall that surrounded the medieval Tallinn. They served as the main entrance to the city on the east side. This is one of two gates of the fortress wall, extant.

Viru Gate is also called the "gate time" because through them you get from a modern city in the Middle Ages. These two round towers, built in the fourteenth century, defended the approaches to the drawbridge that spanned the moat in front of the ramparts. The existing towers at the turn of the nineteenth - twentieth centuries rigged third. Together they are called Viru Gate. Then the hill in front of them, a former part of the bastion Viru Gates, turned into a park, planted many ornamental trees and shrubs. Hill became known as " Hill for kisses." On the hill are two sculptures Tauno Kangro : "Mig to kiss" and " Moment after the kiss." They say that if the kiss in this place, the pair secured a long and happy family life. Currently Viru Gate - one of the symbols of Tallinn Old Town, one of the most beautiful places in the city and a meeting place for townspeople. Through them you can get on Viru Street with its many shops, restaurants and cafes, where close to the Town Hall Square.