58.249020, 22.478004
GPS: 58° 14' 56" N, 22° 28' 41" E
Developing the area around the castle into a park started in the second half of the 19th
century when curative seamud was discovered in Kuressaare and the town rose among
the beloved resorts of Estonia, the western end of the czarist Russia. The mud patients
had their bath houses in the sea right behind the castle. An old cemetery was found
while developing the area.
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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