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Ahrensburg castle

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Estonia

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Arensburg Castle (German Schloss Arensburg), or Kuressaare Fortress (Estonian Kuressaare piiskopilinnus) is a medieval residence of Ezel bishops, located within the modern borders of the city of Kuressaare (formerly Arensburg) on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, formerly known as Ezel. The most solid of the medieval fortresses in the Baltics.
The fortress was built by the Teutonic knights after the St. George's Night Uprising (1343-45) as a fortified residence of the Ezel bishops and a bastion for the conversion of the inhabitants of the island to Christianity.
In the 19th century, the castle lost its former military significance and fell into disrepair during its use as an almshouse. In 1904, the Ezelian nobility decided to restore the only fully preserved castle of the Livonian knights. The restoration work, which lasted until 1912, was supervised by Wilhelm Neumann. The next, larger-scale restoration work was carried out in 1968-1985. In the course of this work, the destroyed tops of the towers were restored.

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Thu 29 Jul 2021 21:23

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Vandraren Mikhail #1 Thu 29 Jul 2021 21:26

утренний вид с другого ракурса, северная сторона smile my variant of the photo

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Vandraren Mikhail #2 Thu 29 Jul 2021 21:27

вид с южной стороны my variant of the photo

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Vandraren Mikhail #3 Thu 29 Jul 2021 21:29

с восточной стороны. с западной кадра нет, так как замка не видно из за стен крепости, да и предыдущий кадр сделан с западной стены smile my variant of the photo

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