58.057499, 26.504444
GPS: 58° 3' 27" N, 26° 30' 16" E
The Christian invaders did not go inventing bicycle but took what seemed working
already – the fort of Estonians’. According to the archeological finds the place was
habited already 2000 years ago. Having changed masters the Livonian Order itself
destroyed the castle. The knowingly earliest gun in Europe was found from Otepää
castle.
Location: Mäe tn 23, Otepää vallasisene linn, Valgamaa
The body of the first apotheckary in Otepää, a man called Jürvelson, was found on this
hill in 1882. The apotheckary had been poisoned. The trail itself
is four kilometers long running through the forest and by the Margus’ lake. The trail is passa...
Location: Barclay de Tolly mausoleumi park, Jõgeveste küla, Helme vald, Valgamaa
The Arch of Triumph in Valga County? No – it is the classicist mausoleum (architect Apollon Shtshedrin) that houses the sarcophaguses in which lie the embalmed bodies of Prince Michael Andrea Barclay de Tolly (1761-1818) and his wife (who died in 1828)....