Names
Vana Turg (0)
Old market. One of the oldest parts of Tallinn, the point at which all main roads to/from Narva, Viljandi, Tartu, Pärnu, the islands (Saaremaa & Hiiumaa), Riga, Novgorod and Rome converged. Initially forum inferior (1368) to differentiate it from plain forum, Raekoja plats, then retaining its name of old market throughout the ages: dat olde market (1442), Olde Marketh (?), wanna turro (1732), Alter Markt (1789), Vana Turu (1885) & Alt Markt (1942).
Vana-Kalamaja (Vana-Kalamaja)
Old Kalamaja. A bit like Uus-Kalamaja but older. In fact, both created in 1885.
Vana-Keldrimäe (Vana-Keldrimägi)
Old Cellar hill, see Keldrimäe. Previously Drewingi, Drevingi, Grevingi, after local gentleman with a name hard for Estonians to pronounce (historically, native words do not start with ‘D’, or even ‘G’, so the above may perhaps represent an awareness of foreign-ness and corresponding attempt to reproduce it and make it sound foreign, as in, e.g., French Le Jean’s Shop where the apostrophe is incorrect but looks English). See Mäe for discussion.
