58.252808, 22.485676
GPS: 58° 15' 10" N, 22° 29' 8" E
When Magnus De la Gardie gave the town some land he wanted a new town hall in
return. Building it, some breaks included, took 17 years. We don’t know what did it look
like in 1670 when it was finally finished -- the earliest remaining drawing of it originates
from the time 270 later after the hall was severely burned.
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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