Memorial to Johan Pitka Memorial site

This memorial to Johan Pitka is situated on Wismari Street in Tallinn. Depicting the bronze head of the admiral as fashioned by sculptor Tõnu Maarand, it was unveiled on 19 February 2002 with President Lennart Meri and Mayor of Tallinn Edgar Savisaar attending. The blackened steel wedge resembling a ship's bow designed by architect Mart Kadarik was added later. As Kadarik has since pointed out, the wedge faces eastwards, symbolising where the main efforts made by Estonia's defenders are directed. Beneath the statue lies a triangular welded grill surface symbolic of a ship's deck. Below the grill, blue lights illuminate the monument, signifying Pitka's close relationship to the sea and to the protection of Estonia’s maritime borders.