Muistomerkit

Memorial To Endla Theatre And Community Building

Pärnu, Pärnumaa

The theatre completed in 1911 (architect A. Jung, G. Hellat) that caught fire during World War II and was demolished in 1961 was located on the site of the present-day hotel and was one of the most remarkable examples of Jugendstil buildings in Estonia. On 23 February 1918, Estonia’s Independence Manifesto was read out on the...

Monument In Kudina

Jõgevamaa

WWII Monument in Kudina (1956).

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.

Monument To The Estonian War Of Independence

Järvamaa

The old graveyard in the centre of the town holds a Monument to the Estonian War of Independence which was reopened on 11 August 1990. There are two other memorial stones to commemorate Estonians who were killed in World War I and World War II, also freedom fighters and those who were deported and perished in Siberia, to...

Monument To The War Of Independence

Viljandimaa