Üügu--and don't try to translate it--is the highest in Muhu. Stand on it in a clear day and you can see Haapsalu, a main land town from here. The czarist army liked the place because it was good to dig trenches to. In the end of the 19th century quarrym...
The estate that belonged to Padise Abbey in the Middle Ages was originally constructed to be a fortified dwelling home (the remaining ruins are those of the building altered in the 19th century).
Later, the manor house was long associated with von St...