You will find this small sculpture in Tallinn's Old Town, at the intersection of Lai and Nunne streets. Not far from here begins the ascent from the Lower Town to the Upper Town, and the monument's location in this very spot is no accident.
When at the beginning of the XIII century the crusaders came to these lands, their leader King Valdemar II settled in the fortress built on the hill where Toompea now stands. At that time, far from all of this hill had been built up; on one of its slopes there was a perfectly ordinary forest. That was exactly where Valdemar II liked to go hunting.
And then one day, the king saw among the trees a beautiful roe deer and ordered his retinue to catch it alive, so that it could be placed in his personal zoo. However, the animal had no wish to submit to captivity, and when it was driven to the edge of the hill, it threw itself down from the cliff. "Reh fall!" was all Valdemar II exclaimed, which translated from Low German means "the roe deer fell." But the Estonians wandering nearby did not know the foreigners' language and thought that "reh fall" must be the name of this place. Later, the name transformed into "Reval" - the former name of Tallinn. However, the sculpture of the roe deer, installed at the foot of the Upper Town, still reminds us of the origins of the Estonian capital's original name.
