Execution sites
· Kesklinn
Street of Poor Sinners
The name Vaestepatuste Street links the Hariduse Street area to the condemned person’s route towards execution.
An old street name can retain the memory of events no longer visible in the buildings. Vaestepatuste, meaning poor sinners, evokes the public passage of condemned people from court towards an execution site. The journey itself formed part of the punishment by making a person’s fate visible to the town. The modern Hariduse Street area should not, however, be mistaken for one unchanged route across centuries. The name points to a punitive layer of urban space.
Practical information
Address: Hariduse tänava piirkond
Walk through the Hariduse Street area. Treat the old name as a historical clue rather than an exact, continuous route.