Keyword "watchtower"

Vaindloo Tuletorn

The Estonian northernmost island Vaindloo used to have a wooden beacon built in 1718 under the orders of czar Peter the Great. The current cast-iron lighthouse, manufactured in England, is the very first lighthouse in Estonia constructed in the Gordon system. Initially it was erected on Vormsi Island, but soon proved to be...

Valgehobusemäe Skiing And Holiday Centre

Albu Rural Municipality started the foundation of the Valgehobusemäe Ski and Recreation Centre in 1997, when a plot of land with the size of 14 ha was bought here. Their aim was to establish a year-round recreational sports centre for all enthusiasts. The project manager is Kalju Kertsmik, Mayor of Albu Rural Municipality....

Vao VaoTower-Fortress

Opening hours by appointment According to the history of Estonian architecture, there were many tower strongholds in Estonia as early as the 14th century. They were built to safeguard roads and waterways, particularly in areas where large strongholds were not needed. These smaller strongholds were built by vassals in the...

Vapramäe-Vellavere-Vitipalu Foundation

Vapramäe-Vellavere-Vitipalu Foundation is a non-profit association in Tartumaa, which was formed on January 8, 1999. The founder members are four local authorities: Nõo, Konguta and Palupera parishes, Elva town, Tartu Maaspordi Liit and three private individuals. The purpose of the Foundation is to create resting facilities...

Viirelaiu tuletorn

Viirelaid is a small island in the Baltic Sea belonging to the country of Estonia. Viirelaid lies southeast of the island of Muhu. Together with Muhu and neighbouring small islands of Kesselaid, Võilaid and Suurlaid it forms Muhu Parish (Estonian: Muhu vald), the rural municipality within Saare County, Estonia. Its...

Vilsandi Tuletorn

Vilsandi tuletorn ehitati 1809. aastal. Olulist tuletorni remonditi mitmeid kordi, viimane suurem remont oli tuletornis 1957. aastal ning sellisel kujul on see säilinud tänapäevani. Üheks huvitavamaks perioodiks Vilsandi tuletorni ajaloos kujunesid aastad 1910 - 1941, mil selle tööd juhatas hr. Artur Toom. Nimelt rajas ta...

Virtsu tuletorn

The lighthouse is located along the passage Suure, helps with orientation and safe passing of vessels. Need in creation of a lighthouse of Virtsu is caused under the act of 1856. In 1863 in England the pig-iron lighthouse and the diopter device of constant fire was ordered. The same year construction of a lighthouse and...

Vormsi tuletorn

The first 17m high prefabricated cast-iron lighthouse was erected on the Saxby cape on Vormsi Island in 1864, but it was soon discovered that the tower was not visible enough due to constant fogs. To solve the problem, a copy, which was 7m higher, was ordered from factory in Liepaja, Latvia in 1871. The old lighthouse and its...

Vudila Mängumaa

Wittenstein Time Centre In Paide Tower

The tower on Vallimäe Hill in Paide is now home to the Wittenstein Time Centre. An elevator rolls back the centuries like a time machine, with displays from different eras on different floors - the days of knights, kings and tsars; the period of occupation; the first Estonian republic; and the period of the country's regained...