Liszti Institute – Hungarian Cultural Center

The building complex at Kohtu 2 / Kiriku Square 2 / Piiskopi 2 / Pikk Jalg 16 developed over the course of the 18th and 19th centuries. The noble palace located on the Kohtu Street side of the plot was built in 1798 for the Kaulbars family. It was erected on the walls of medieval buildings destroyed in the great Toompea fire of 1684. A classicist wing was later added along Piiskopi Street in the 19th century, modeled after the original palace—this building now houses the Hungarian Institute. Additional structures were built around the courtyard in the 19th and 20th centuries, and the complex also included an ornamental garden facing Pikk Street. After the Kaulbars family, the estate belonged to the noble Tiesenhausen family. In the 1930s, the complex was converted into apartment buildings, and following damage during World War II, the buildings were restored in that same function.