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Castle Attractions In Harju County

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Harju County , or Harjumaa is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in Northern Estonia, on the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland, and borders Lääne-Viru County to the east, Järva County to the southeast, Rapla County to the south, and Lääne County to the southwest. The capital and largest city of Estonia, Tallinn, is situated in Harju County.
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Castle Attractions In Harju County

  • 1. Kadriorg Palace Tallinn
    Kadriorg Palace is a Petrine Baroque palace built for Catherine I of Russia by Peter the Great in Tallinn, Estonia. Both the Estonian and the German name for the palace means Catherine's valley. It was built after the Great Northern War for Nicola Michetti's designs by Gaetano Chiaveri and Mikhail Zemtsov. The palace currently houses the Kadriorg Art Museum, a branch of the Art Museum of Estonia, displaying foreign art from the 16th to 20th centuries. The KUMU branch of the museum, showing Estonian art from the 18th century onwards is located nearby in the park.
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  • 2. Keila-Joa Manor Keila
    Keila-Joa is a small borough in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. It has a population of 309 .
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  • 3. Toompea Castle Tallinn
    Toompea is a limestone hill in the central part of the city of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. The hill is an oblong tableland, which measures about 400 by 250 metres, has an area of 7 hectares and is about 20–30 metres higher than the surrounding areas. In folklore the hill is known as the tumulus mound over the grave of Kalev, erected in his memory by his grieving wife. The history of Toompea is closely linked to the history of rulers and power in Estonia. Today Toompea is the center of the Government of Estonia and the Riigikogu , both of which are often simply referred to as Toompea. The location of the Riigikogu is the Toompea Castle, situated in the southwestern corner of the hill and topped by the Tall Hermann tower. The flag on the top of the tower is one of the best-known symbo...
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  • 4. Glehn Castle Tallinn
    The Glehn Castle is a castle on the hillside of Nõmme, part of Tallinn, Estonia.
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  • 6. Haapsalu Castle Haapsalu
    Haapsalu is a seaside resort town located on the west coast of Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Lääne County, and on 1 January 2017 it had a population of 10,236.
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  • 7. Rakvere Castle Rakvere
    Rakvere is a town in northern Estonia and the county seat of Lääne-Viru County, 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland.
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  • 9. Alatskivi Castle (vald) Alatskivi
    Alatskivi Parish was a rural municipality in Tartu County, Estonia.
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