Keava fortress is built on a cape, protected from both sides by higher walls and ditches and it also has a wall on the sides. The inner part of the wall forms a gentle dredge which resembles the “bed of Kalevipoeg.” Fort hill is situated in the middle o...
In the 15th-16th century the settlement of Keila consisted some tens of buildings and a hundred people formed around the church. At the same time the Livonian Order built a small fort south-east of the church on Jõepark. During the Livonian War of 1558-...
Location: Laiusevälja küla, Jõgeva vald, Jõgevamaa
The Livonian Order erected the castle in the 14th century to protect itself from the
dangers lurking from the east. It was the first one in Estonia adjusted for fire arms. The
castle served as a winter quarters for the Swedish King Karl XII and hi...
Lohu I stronghold, Lohu Jaanilinn, Castrum Lone in the Chronicles of Henry of Livonia, one of the central fortresses in ancient Harju, located 1 km to the north from the former Lohu manor, on the eastern bank of the Keila River at a height of 3 m on the...
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