1.0Tallinn Town Hallhttps://raekoda.tallinn.ee/en/Peeter Jahehttps://raekoda.tallinn.ee/en/author/peeter-j/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uf1bsLIhJI"><a href="https://raekoda.tallinn.ee/en/exhibitions/the-town-hall-as-a-courthouse/">The Town Hall as a Courthouse</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://raekoda.tallinn.ee/en/exhibitions/the-town-hall-as-a-courthouse/embed/#?secret=uf1bsLIhJI" width="600" height="338" title="“The Town Hall as a Courthouse” — Tallinn Town Hall" data-secret="uf1bsLIhJI" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://raekoda.tallinn.ee/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://raekoda.tallinn.ee/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/92458DB8-C699-4F88-A8B4-A21E17FF765B-scaled.jpg11722560The Town Hall was also a courthouse, as the town council also held judicial power in the city. The town council passed judgement in the Town Hall from the 13th to the 19th century. The artworks in the Town Hall were supposed to guide the councillors in passing fair judgement. During the Middle Ages, the Last... Continue reading