The observatory was built at the highest point of Toome Hill, based on the designs by Johann Wilhelm Krause. The building was completed in 1810. It was one of the first observatories in Europe designed specifically with scientific observation in mind. Its east and west halls were equipped with wall and roof apertures for observations, and the tower was initially covered by a dome. When the world’s largest telescope at the time, the Fraunhofer refractor, was brought to the observatory in 1824.
Financier: Estonian Ministry of Culture and Muinsuskaitseamet (see other 3D models of the Estonian Heritage Board)
Register Data: about heritage site
Project management : Andres Uueni / Archaeovision LLC, 2024
3D-object created by: Archaeovision LLC, Geodeesia24 LLC and DataCap LLC
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