58.252220, 22.484722
GPS: 58° 15' 8" N, 22° 29' 5" E
The 1929 opened monument for the 82 fallen in the War of Independence and the 77 wounded was torn down in 1945 and probably sunk in the sea. A sculptor Mati Varik restored the monument by the pre-Soviet drawings. Ironically the statue of Viktor Kingissepp, the Communist in Estonia, that stood on the same spot was authored by the same sculptor.
In 1925, as many as 9 windmills were standing on the top of Windmill Mountain. Five of them, having survived until today, also give a powerful impression. Four out of the five Angla windmills are typical trestle windmills, characteristic of Island Saare...
Although a steady ship connection between Saaremaa and the main land was set already in the 17th century and the ice bridge helped out in winter the connection still depended on the weather. Having been built from the both ends the dam was finished in 1...
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