Monumente

Monument For The Insurrection Of Pühajõe

Võrumaa

In 1640 landlord of Sõmerpalu built a new sawmill to River Võhandu in addition to already existing grain mill. Year 1641 witnessed extremely difficult weather conditions, also the spring of 1642 promised nothing good. Harvest threatened to fail for the second year in a row. April 30 1642 60 peasants from all over the area...

Monument In Kudina

Jõgevamaa

WWII Monument in Kudina (1956).

Monument Johann Köler

Viljandi, Viljandimaa

Das Denkmal wurde 1976 auf dem Stadtplatz errichtet. Es war das Jahr, in dem man den 150. Geburtstag des berühmten estnischen Malers Johann Köler feierte. Er war der Gründer der estnischen nationalen Malerei. Die Statue wurde von dem Bildhauer Edgar Viies und dem Architekten Rein Luup geschaffen. Johann Köler studierte...

Monument Of Dr. Fr. R. Kreutzwald And Town Park In Võru

Võru, Võrumaa

Kreutzwaldi Park is located in the town of Võru, beside Tamula Lake. In the central part of the park there is a bronze statue of Dr. F. R. Kreutzwald, which was erected in 1926 with donations. It was opened August 29th 1926. The avenue, which starts from the monument, leads straight to the centre of the old part of the town....

Monument Of Eduard Tubin

Tartu, Tartumaa

The Eduard Tubin monument, marking the 100th birthday of the composer, was dedicated in 2005. The authors of the statue are sculptor Aili Vahtrapuu, architect Veronika Valk, with sound installations by Louis Dandrel. Eduard Tubin (1905-1982) was a versatile composer and conductor, one of the most recognized symphonists...

Monument Of Friedrich Robert Faehlmann

Tartu, Tartumaa

The bronze bust was conceived in 1930, and made by sculptor V. Mellik. Fr. R. Faehlmann (1798-1850) was an Estonian writer and doctor, and one of the founders of “The Learned Estonian Society”. He was the originator of the idea to create an Estonian epic, and drafted a major part of the event scheme for “Kalevipoeg.”

Monument Of Gustav Ii Adolf

Tartu, Tartumaa

In 1632, King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden, then at the war camp near Nürnburg, signed the charter to found Tartu University, which was also named Academia Gustaviana in his honour. The memorial statue to King Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632) stood next to the main building of the university from 1928, until 1950, when it was...

Monument Of Hugo Treffner

Tartu, Tartumaa

The statue of Hugo Treffner is located at the location of the former private school of Hugo Treffner. The authors of the piece are sculptor Mati Karmin and architect Tiit Trummal.

Monument Of Liberty In InVäike-Maarja

Lääne-Virumaa

In front of church, in the park of the pastorate, there is a War Memorial to the fallen in the War of Independence and World War I.

Monument Of Liberty In Kodavere

Jõgevamaa

Monument Of Liberty In Simuna

Lääne-Virumaa

The monument in front of the church is dedicated to the fallen soldiers of Simuna parish. The motto on the monument means "Better to die as a free man than to live as a slave". There are the names of 132 men carved in the stone who fell in the War of Independence, in World War I or were killed by communists.The monument was...

Monument Of Lydia Koidula

Pärnu, Pärnumaa

Lydia Koidula (1843-1886) was a well-known poetess, publicist and public figure of the Estonian Enlightenment period. Koidula’s Memorial Museum is at 37 Jannseni St. The monument, which was the last work by sculptor A. Adamson, dates from 1929.

Monument Of Nations

Tartu, Tartumaa

Tartu’s oldest monument, created by J.W: Krause, was erected in 1806. Buried bones were found during construction of the main building of Tartu University at the site of the previous St. Mary’s church, under the floor and around the church. The bones were re-buried in the Toome valley near Vallikraavi Street, and a...

Monument To Jakob Hurt

Tartu, Tartumaa

The monument to Jakob Hurt (1839-1907) was completed in 1994 by J. Soans ja R. Tomingas. Jakob Hurt was a folklorist, language scholar and pastor, who published Estonian folk songs, articles and studies.

Monument To Oskar Luts

Tartu, Tartumaa

The monument to Oskar Luts (1887-1953) was established in 1987, and was authored by A. Rimm and A. Murdmaa. Oskar Luts was a popular Estonian novelist who has also written plays, children’s stories, memoirs and feuilletons.