Pikk Hermann

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Pikk Hermann (Estonian Template:Literal translation; Template:Langx) is a tower of the Toompea Castle, on Toompea (Domberg) hill in Tallinn (Reval), the capital of Estonia. The first part of the tower was built in 1360–1370. It was rebuilt (height brought to Script error: No such module "convert".) in the 16th century. A staircase with 215 steps now leads to the top of the tower. It consists of ten internal floors and a viewing platform at the top.

Pikk Hermann is situated next to the building of the Estonian parliament (Riigikogu). The flag on the top of the tower at Script error: No such module "convert".[1] above sea level is one of the main symbols of the national government in force.

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For the first time after the Soviet invasion of Estonia in 1944, the blue-black-white national flag of Estonia was raised again on the top of Pikk Hermann on 24 February 1989.

The national flag, a blue-black-white tricolour measuring Script error: No such module "convert". by Script error: No such module "convert"., is raised and the national anthem is played at the time of sunrise (or at 7 am, whichever is later) and lowered at the time of sunset. While it is lowered, the melody of "Mu isamaa on minu arm" (My Fatherland Is My Love) is heard. For the first time, the national flag was raised to the top of Pikk Hermann in 1918, when Estonia became an independent country.

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