The historical New Market area behind the National Opera Estonia in Tallinn has become the site for a monument to the first head of government and president of Estonia Konstantin Päts. The statue arrived in its new location on Monday morning and will be unveiled this Friday.
The Konstantin Päts monument being erected next to Estonia Theater in Tallinn is scheduled to be unveiled on Friday, October 21, Tallinn Deputy Mayor Vladimir Svet (Center) announced Tuesday. The foundation of the sculpture of the first president of the Republic of Estonia is currently being poured.
Sculptor Vergo Vernik has asked the Tallinn city government to extend the contractual deadline for the completion and installation of Konstantin Päts' statue as the subcontracting stonemason is in jail.
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On Wednesday, Minister of Foreign Affairs Eva-Maria Liimets (Center) presented the foreign ministry's annual Cultural Award to the Louis Kahn Estonia Foundation for promoting Estonia's cultural history at home and abroad.