This is the house of Brotherhood of Black Heads. You can read more on
the sign. The oldest document that is found to tell us about black heads
is from 28th march 1400.
It is brotherhood that connected single
merchants and ship owners. They were tightly connected to church too.
That brotherhood was unique - it's only in Estonia and Latvia in Europe.
This is the house of Canute Guild. It is first time mentioned on 1326.
At the beginning it was spiritual brotherhood but later it joined the
best handcrafts men. Mostly from Germany.
There were jewelers, gloves
makers, watchmakers, hat makers, bakers, painters. It was closed on
1920. As you see Estonia have been important through the history because
of it's location - it connects many places through land and sea, so it
was very good for exchanging goods.
The reason why there have been many
wars in Estonia. It has been under Germany, Russia and Sweden power.
History tells us that when the country was under Sweden, it was "good
old sweden time".
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