Alexander Nevsky Cathedral dominates city skyline of Old Town

Located in Upper Town of Estonian capital, which dates back to 1154

Cathedral has numerous gold icons and mosiacs

Tall Herman Tower on Toompea Hill , where Dukes lived for 100 years

A shop occupied by Soviets in 1940, then Nazis, then Soviets again in 1944

Don samples a toasted almond from medieval-dressed vendor

Cobblestoned streets are difficult for bicycle vendors on the "dome hill"

Skyline of Upper Town toward harbor and Lower Town

Red copper roofs - city was destroyed by fire in 1684

Upper Town was inhabited by German aristocracy/lower town by artisans

Oleviste Church has walls of coats of arms of nobility

Stopped in this lovely shop to use the underground restrooms....

Stone walls, medieval streets, heavy oak doors - Greek embassy

Don caught a group of archers having a contest

Some pretty good shooting!

View of main street leading to Palace Square, first inhabited in 10th century

Kitchen Tower at one end of walls -  town is on UNESCO World Heritage List

Side view of Kadriorg, one of Peter the Great's summer palaces

Palace served as Art Museum of Estonia in 1920s

Of baroque architecture, Palace has 18th-century English gardens

In 2000, palace opened as Kadriog Art Museum

Coat of Arms of Peter the Great in foyer of palace, built in 1723

Palace contains world-famous paintings, such as "The Feast"

Painting on ceiling that depicts Diana bathing and being discovered by a hunter

Peter the Great built palace in honor of his wife Catherine I

Portrait of Russian Emperor Peter the Great

Statue of The Mermaid in park overlooking the sea

Very modern Methodist Church in center of Lower Town