Tartu Old Observatory
The observatory was built at the highest point of Toome Hill, based on the designs by Johann Wilhelm Krause. The building was completed in 1810. It was one of the first observatories in Europe designed specifically with scientific observation in mind. Its East-West facing was inspired by the observatory of Gotha with the same principles used in the construction of the observatory of Göttingen univ…
Creator
- Muinsuskaitseamet
Subject
- World Heritage Sites
- historic buildings
Type of item
- 3D
Creator
- Muinsuskaitseamet
Subject
- World Heritage Sites
- historic buildings
Type of item
- 3D
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Creative Commons - Attribution, ShareAlike (BY-SA)
Creation date
- 2024
- 2024
Temporal
- 18th century CE
- 1810
Places
- Tartu Old Observatory
Provenance
- Local laser scanning of Tartu Old Observatory Financier: Estonian Ministry of Culture 3D-object created by Archaeovision OÜ ; Laser scanning
Identifier
- share3d:1531
- share3d:1531
Format
- glTF
Language
- English
- en
Is part of
- Share3D
- Estonia
Relations
- https://register.muinas.ee/public.php?menuID=monument&action=view&id=6889
Year
- 1810
- 2024
Providing country
- Estonia
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2024-03-28T17:01:23.411Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2025-05-27T11:15:55.739Z