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Angerja Linnuse Varemed

Raplamaa

The vassal fortress in Angerja was originally constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries, but was rebuilt and modernised several times thereafter. Did you know…? *The Angerja fortress is one of the oldest stone structures in Rapla County *The vassal fortress is thought to have been destroyed during the Livonian War – only...

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Asva Fortified Settlement

Saaremaa

The small, present - day village of Asva is located on the Laimjala - Kuivastu road, at the 33 kilometer mark. Here, on the low fields behind the village is located one of Northern Europe's most famous Bronze Age settlements. Asva gave its name to an entire culture. The Fenno - Ugriac Late Bronze Age culture reached its...

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Haapsalu Castle Museum

Haapsalu, Läänemaa

Open: In September Mon -Sun 11.00 – 16.00 (Last admission 15.30) 1.05.-31.08. Mon – Sun 10.00-18.00 (Last admission 17.30) 1.09.-30.04. Fri – Sun 11.00- 16.00 (Last admission 15.30) Haapsalu Castle Grounds are open daily at 7.00-24.00 The Castle in Haapsalu is an architectural pearl dating from the 13th...

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Käina Church Ruins

Hiiumaa

Construction on this church was started about the same time that Columbus discovered America (1492). Like in Pühalepa, it replaced a wooden church that was built a few hundred years earlier. Its walls were skillfully constructed out of pieces of limestone with a precision that would be difficult to duplicate even today. The...

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Karksi Ürgorg ja Ordulinnuse Varemed

Viljandimaa

Karksi valley is one of the most beautiful and famous places in Viljandimaa. Driving down along serpentine road over impounded lake Karksi appears Karksi fortress hill or bastion hill. It is believed that on the well protected by nature abrupt-sloped hill before knights conquests situated the fortress of Estonians....

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