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Kihnu Tuletorn

Pärnumaa

Kihnu lighthouse situates on the most southern tip of Pitkänä nose. Lighthouse was brought here in 1864 from England dismounted in pieces and was mounted back on the place. It is one of the four cast iron towers that are extant on our shores. Tower is white, conical shaped and equipped with lamp locker and balcony. The height...

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Kiideva Küla Koduloomuuseum

Läänemaa

Kiideva village situates in Läänemaa in Ridala municipality on the North-West shore of Matsalu gulf. Kiideva was known as fishers' village already in 16th-17th centuries, the village was the most important fishing centre of Läänemaa. Nowadays it has 64 farms. Interesting to know: Museum building is a former summer house of...

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Kiipsaare tuletorn

Saaremaa

The Kiipsaare “retired” lighthouse is located on the NW Coast of Saaremaa Island on the Harilaid peninsula. The first pyramid shaped beacon was built on northern side of the same peninsula during World War I. A new reinforced concrete lighthouse was erected in 1933, built by the construction company Maximilian Arronet & Otto...

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Kivisilla Makett

Tartu, Tartumaa

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Koigi Manor

Järvamaa

Johann Adam von Grünewaldt begun redesigning the heart of the manor in the second half of the 18th century with his financial capacity and the architerctural trends of that time in his mind. The early classicist stone main building with baroque elements was finished in 1771. The main building originally had a rectangular...

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Kõpu Lighthouse

Hiiumaa

Kõpu lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in the Baltic countries and, undoubtedly, the most famous tourist attraction on Hiiumaa. It is believed to be the third oldest continually operating lighthouse in the world. The lighthouse was built at the request of the Hanseatic Merchants League in the 15th century, in order to...

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Laidunina Tuletorn

Saaremaa

The construction of the Tahkuna lighthouse started in 1873. The unusual chequered appearance comes from the cast-iron plate construction of the lighthouse, designed by a British engineer Alexander Gordon. The prefabri- cated parts of the lighthouse were manufactured in France and assembled on site at Tahkuna. Completed in...

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Letipea Tuletorn

Lääne-Virumaa

From 1993 to 1995 the light was not worked. In 1995 the automated system which worked at solar and wind energy was installed, it worked at a lamp EMN-500. The characters of light were not changed. In 2007 the device of light circular sector of a LED lamp E 8274 was updated. Color light sectors were cleaned. On the cape...

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Liigvalla Mõis

Lääne-Virumaa

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Lindarausi Tuba

Raplamaa

Linda Raus (née Portsmuth) was a folk artist with an extraordinary range: she played the saxophone and accordion; staged operettas and plays; conducted choirs; taught hundreds of people folk dances; was the director of county and national folk festivals; and penned and directed dozens of performances. Did you know…? *This...

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Loode tuletorn

Saaremaa

Lighthouse Loode is located on island Saaremaa, on the southwest coast of the peninsula Sõrve and helps to be guided. In 1953 construction of 15 meter lighthouse was complete, below it was painted in white, from above in red. The lamp of lighthouse is located on the height 19 m over the sea, visibility 6 miles, light...

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Loodusmatk.eu

Come for a hike, befriend yourselves! On a hike you will get to know yourself more than some people do during half a lifetime. On the trail everybody spends time with themselves, there is no place to hide. It exposes the traits hidden deep within a person that go unnoticed and ignored in everyday life, which would be...

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