58.810280, 22.864445
GPS: 58° 48' 37" N, 22° 51' 52" E
When pastors of Pühalepa complained about the peasants still having pagan idol
worships they intriguingly mentioned the peasants met not in a sacrificial forest or in
some other ungodly place but in this chapel. Practical Estonians did not want the place
go unused – erected during the catholic time the pastors, at some point, were forbidden
to operate there themselves.
Kassari is the fifth biggest island in Estonia, its area is 19.3 square km. Its coast is washed by the waters of Jausa, Käina, Vaemla, Kassari and Õunaku bays.
Kassari rose from the sea 3000 years ago and the highest point on the isla...
The beam of light from Kõpu spreads from as high as 102.6 meters, that is the maximum height a light house glimmers by
the Baltic Sea. The light house was built in the 15th century, the golden age of Hansa League, maritime trade, demanded i...
Established in 1628 it had 35 workers during its glory days. One of the glass masters
complained to Tallinn that the malice of the local people made him stop working but the
market had been overestimated too and the works was closed down in 1664. ...
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