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Dome, or Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin, is the main Lutheran church in Estonia. The original wooden church is been built on Toompea Hill in 1219, and was first mentioned in 1233. The stone church was begun ten years later. Notable items in the church's interior include numerous gravestones from the 13th to the 18th centuries and numerous nobles' shield epitaphs from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Among the famous people buried in the church are Sophia Gyllenhelm, daughter of Swedish king Johann III; and the Russian admiral Adam Johann von Krusenstern, who led the expedition around the world.