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Laiuse Order Fortress Ruins

Jõgevamaa

The ruins of Laiuse Order Castle are located on the side of the Jõgeva-Laiuse Highway. The fortress was started at the end of the 14th century by the Livonian Order to protect the eastern frontier. In the late Middle Ages Laiuse castle, the first fortification for defence with firearms in Estonia, was completed. The walls...

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Lammasmäe Holiday Centre

Lääne-Virumaa

Lammasmäe Holiday Centre is situated in Lääne-Virumaa, in the Parish of Viru-Nigula, in a crook of a beautiful River of Kunda. Road marked with signposts. Accommodation: 4 log houses, altogether 16 beds (in summer, in winter); 11 summer houses, altogether 86 beds (in summer). The Holiday Centre is suitable for...

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Loone Linnused

Raplamaa

The Loone stronghold was constructed in ancient times on a natural hillock which was several metres high. It was protected on three sides by the Keila River. Did you know…? *According to the chronicles of Henry the Latvian, the village of Lohu (now Loone) was a place that marauding Crusaders often gathered between 1216 and...

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Order Castle Ruins And Rampart Tower Of Paide

Paide, Järvamaa

Building of Paide order castle started in 1265 under the leadership of Konrad von Mandern. Local white limestone was suitable material to build the fortification. The original tower of Tall Hermann was octagonal with the height of over 30 meters and the thickness of the walls of about 3 meters. The rampart tower and castle...

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Otepää Castle Hill

Otepää, Valgamaa

Otepää castle hill is the site of an ancient stronghold. It is speculated that a fortified settlement may have existed there even before Christ. The first major extension works were initiated in the 11th and 12th century when the castle was at the crossroads of important trading routes. Otepää became a prominent stronghold...

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Otepää Piiskopilossi Varemed

Otepää, Valgamaa

You can see the ruins of the first known brick building in Estonia on top of the Otepää Fort. Herman I, who became the Bishop of Tartu in autumn 1224, established the first stronghold of its diocese here. A settlement, which was mainly populated by craftsmen and merchants, appeared around the bishop’s castle in the 13th...

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Ruins Of The Citadel In Kirumpää

Võrumaa

First written sources of citadel of Kirumpää situated on the bank of River Võhandu and belonging to bishop of Tartu date back to 1322 when Lithuanian Prince Gediminas demolished it. Citadel has been attacked, demolished and rebuilt in several occasions. During the II half of 15th century the citadel became a camp castle-type...

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The Maasi Fortress Ruins

Saaremaa

The ruins of the Maasi fortified castle are located off the Orissaare-Leisi road at the 4 kilometer signpost, 500 meters to the north. The new location for the Livonian Order's castle was selected to be at the mouth of the Vaike Vain based on the suitability of the harbor, after the destruction of their stronghold at Poide...

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