Architects of Estonia's Victims of Communism Memorial Kalle Vellevoog and Jaan Tiidemann find that the Maarjamäe Memorial's dignified landscape presence has potential both as a place of remembrance and a public park, while an open architectural contest is needed to find the best possible solution.
In a letter to the government, Tallinn City Government asked the state to transfer the plots of land on which the Soviet-era Maarjamäe Memorial was built to the city s responsibility.
Tallinn deputy mayor Kalle Klandorf (Center) said the city will begin with restoring the memorial in Tallinn with there being â¬500,000 allocated for the renovation works.
In fall of 2020, the memorial and its nearby obelisk were fenced off as the constructions had become dilapidated, becoming a public hazard. The Soviet-era memorial, located in Maarjamäe, Tallinn - not to be confused with the nearby Memorial to the Victims of Communism opened in 2018 - has stood largely unused for years now, with it recently finding use as a backdrop to the Christopher Nolan-directed Hollywood blockbuster Tenet .