RAEKOJA PLATS 11

[Drawing of the structure]

[Estonian language text is unrecognizable]


The Town Pharmacy of Tallinn is one of the oldest continually working apothecary’s in the world (first mentioned in 1422). The building has developed from three Gothic gabled building that were added together on the left, the small weighing house, in the middle the original apothecary, on the right the dwelling of the Priest of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
In 1727, the buildings were covered with a saddle roof.
From 1583, the activity of the apothecary was lead by the Hungarian born Johan Burchart. His namesake successors Johann II-X carried on until the year 1913. The building has heen decorated with carved stone artworks by Arent Passer and his son Dionysias, same of the window pillars made by them are still situated in their original places, same are in the carved stone exhibition of the convent of St. Catherine. The painted beam ceilings and allegorical baroque ladies on the window panes also attract interest. The courtyard has a former laboratory building (1742).

The sign is one of the signs that describe historical buildings or buildings worthy of preservation in Tallinn.

The sign describes the building where Raeapteek is located (the town hall pharmacy) which is the oldest in Europe that is still active, and among the oldest in the entire world. The opening date of the pharmacy is unknown, but it is known that in 1422 it operated (moreover, it managed to change two owners, and in 1422 it was managed by the third).

The pharmacy was photographed on the same day by the same photographer Click for a larger image