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Pilguse Manor

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Category Architectural sightseeings, Manor houses, Castles
Location
Jõgela küla, Lümanda vald, Saaremaa, 93312
Coordinates 58.260452, 21.983749
GPS: 58° 15' 38" N, 21° 59' 1" E

The history of this manor goes back to the year 1558 when some land was enfeoffed to a Hinrich Billinghusen, a prominent person from Lübeck. His descendent Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was born in the neighbouring Lahetaguse manor. Bellingshausen was a leader of the circumnavigation expedition during which the continent of Antarctica was discovered.

 

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