page_title: Patarei Prison
hierarchical_section_title: Patarei Prison
caption_attribution_description: Nice location on the Baltic.
context_page_description: Patarei Prison was a sea fortress and prison overlooking the harbour in Tallinn, Estonia. Nowadays, it is adapted as the Culture Park. The area of the complex is about 4 ha.
  The complex was built from 1828–1840. The order for the building was given by emperor Nicholas I.
  After World War I, in 1920 the complex's main function became a prison, lasting until 2002. Since 2007, this abandoned prison is adapted as the Culture Park.
context_section_description: Patarei Prison (Estonian: Patarei vangla, also Patarei Sea Fortress-Prison, also Tallinn Central Prison (Estonian: Tallinna keskvangla), or simply The Battery (Estonian: Patarei)) was a sea fortress and prison overlooking the harbour in Tallinn, Estonia. Nowadays, it is adapted as the Culture Park. The area of the complex is about 4 ha.
  The complex was built from 1828–1840. The order for the building was given by emperor Nicholas I.
  After World War I, in 1920 the complex's main function became a prison, lasting until 2002. Since 2007, this abandoned prison is adapted as the Culture Park.
caption: Patarei Prison
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