St. John's Church in Tallinn is one of the oldest neo-Gothic churches in Estonia. The church was built between 1862 and 1867 and was designed by the architect Christoph August Gabler (1820-1884). At the end of the 1930s, during the construction of the War of Independence monument on Vabaduse Square, the church came close to destruction but was finally preserved by the city authorities. The author of the church's stained-glass windows is the artist Eva-Aet Jänes.
St. Nicholas' Church, medieval Tallinn's landmark for merchants and seafarers. A grand church with 20 altars, later became Lutheran. Now a museum and concert hall, preserving its heritage and art.
The Church of Charles is a neo-Romanesque church built between 1862 and 1870 according to the plan of the architects Otto Pius Hippius and Rudolf von Bernhard. A church has existed here since medieval times. In 1670, a wooden church was consecrated on this site, sponsored by Charles XI of Sweden, whose name remains that of the church. The building was burnt down by Sweden during the Great Northern War in 1710, when troops of the Tsarist state of Moscow approached Tallinn.
Aleksander Nevsky Cathedral is a 19th-century Orthodox church. The construction of this sanctuary, based on Russian church architecture, began in 1894 and was completed in 1900. The church was named after Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263), the Prince of Novgorod.
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