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Sorgu tuletorn

Pärnu, Pärnumaa

A brick lighthouse was built on the island of Sorgu (Sorkholm) in Pärnu Bay in 1904, which replaced the initial wooden beacon, built already in 1864. The Sorgu lighthouse is regarded to be an outstanding example of elaborate architecture. The author of the design is generally considered to be the notable military engineer...

Sõru Sadama Mälestuslaev Alar

Hiiumaa

Sõru ülemine tuletorn

Hiiumaa

The lighthouse purposes to Cheese are on Hiiyum's southwest coast near Tokhvri, they are from each other in 487 km. The basis of the channel began in 1906 and ended during World War I. Light of constant fire from a sea level on the bottom target fire was 5 m and from above 8 m. Target fires also worked during the German...

Sõrve Tuletorn

Saaremaa

Stebeli Rannakaitsepatarei

Saaremaa

During World War II, many battles between the German and the Soviet forces took place on the Sõrve peninsula. To reach the most powerful and the most modern coastal defence battery in Saaremaa, leave the Sääre-Kaugatuma road on its 3rd kilometre. On the 4th kilometre of this road, about a hundred metres West of the road,...

Strūves Stabs

Lääne-Virumaa

Strūves stabs ir 1,2 m augsta akmens kolonna, kas atrodas 1 km attālumā no Simunas Laekveres virzienā. Laika posmā no 1816. līdz 1855. gadam slavenā astronoma un ģeodēzista Fridriha Georga Vilhelma Strūves vadībā tika veikti meridiāna mērījumi, kuru mērķis bija noteikt precīzu zemeslodes apkārtmēru un formu. 1827. gadā netālu...

Suure-Jaani Cemetary

Viljandimaa

Suurupi Tuletornid

Harjumaa

The front beacon of the Suurupi leading lights is located on the N coast of Suurupi peninsula. The first 11m high pyramid shaped beacon was erected in 1859, which received a category IV dioptrical device a year later. The wooden construction needed repairs already in 1885 and the lighthouse was also built a storey higher....

Svētā Gara baznīca un dzīvoklis

Tallinn, Harjumaa

14. gs. celtā Svētā Gara baznīca ir viena no vecākajām un greznākajām Tallinas celtnēm. Pirms ieiešanas baznīcā noteikti vērts pievērst skatu tās fasādei, kur laiku vēl aizvien skaita 17. gs. būvētais pulkstenis. Baznīcas dārgumu sarakstā ietilpst Bernta Notkes unikālais 15. gs. skapja altāris un 1597. gadā uzceltā kancele....

Tahkuna Lighthouse

Hiiumaa

The Tahkuna lighthouse has been continuously serving as a navigational beacon here for over 100 years. It was built in Paris in 1874 and stands over 40 meters tall. Tahkuna lighthouse was brought to Hiiumaa by freighter along with its sister lighthouse that now stands on the western tip of Hiiumaa. It is believed that the...

Tahkuna Militaarmuuseum

Hiiumaa

Tallinna alumine tuletorn

Tallinn, Harjumaa

The decision to build the front lighthouse (originally Katharinenthal, also known as North, Lower or White lighthouse) near the Tallinn (Reval) Naval Barracks was taken by the Russian Admiralty in 1805. The initial stone light- house was completed in 1806 and plastered white. Although the house itself was only a two storey...

Tallinna sihi ülemine tuletorn

Tallinn, Harjumaa

Tallinnamadala tuletorn

The lighthouse of the Shoal of Tallinn (the lighthouse Revelstein, Revalstein)is located in the Gulf of Finland, in 7,5 miles to North from the Aegna island, in the shoal, which is named as the lighthouse, and warns ships about dangerous shoals in the Gulf of Finland and in the Giulf of Tallinn. The shoal which is located on...

Tamsalu Lubjapark

Lääne-Virumaa