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Pulli settlement, located on the right bank of the Pärnu River, is the oldest known human settlement in Estonia. It is located near the present-day village of Pulli, two kilometers from the town of Sindi, which is 14 kilometers from Pärnu.
The Tamme-Lauri oak (Estonian: Tamme-Lauri tamm, Võro: Tammõ-Lauri tamm) is a large common oak. It is the thickest and oldest tree in Estonia and is located in Antsla Parish, Võru County. [1] The height of the tree is 17 metres (56 ft), and the circumference is 831 centimetres (327 in), measured 130 centimetres (51 in) from the ground. [2]
The region has been populated since the end of the last glacial era, about 10,000 BC. The earliest traces of human settlement in Estonia are connected with Kunda culture. The oldest known settlement in Estonia is the Pulli settlement, which was located on the banks of the river Pärnu, near the town of Sindi, in southwestern
Stenbock House (Estonian: Stenbocki maja) is a prominent neoclassical building located on Toompea hill, in the oldest part of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is the official seat of the national government, and the terms Government of Estonia and Stenbock House are metonyms .
The following is a list of the 47 cities and towns in Estonia.Before the Republic of Estonia became an independent nation in 1918, many of these locations were known in the rest of the world by their German names, which were occasionally quite different from the ones used in the Estonian.
The oldest remnants of the so-called Fosna culture were found in Aukra in Møre og Romsdal. [73] Americas, South America: Argentina: 11,000 BP: Piedra Museo: Spear heads and human fossils [74] Europe, Baltic: Estonia: 11,000 BP: Pulli: The Pulli settlement on the bank of the Pärnu River briefly pre-dates that at Kunda, which gave its name to ...
Tallinn Old Town (Estonian: Tallinna vanalinn) is the oldest part of Tallinn, Estonia. Old Town of Tallinn has managed to wholly preserve its structure of medieval and Hanseatic origin. Old Town represents an exceptionally intact 13th century city plan. [1] Since 1997, the area has been registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Western Estonia 2004 vii, viii, ix, x (natural) The Baltic Klint is a limestone escarpment, 250 kilometres (160 mi) of its length is in Estonia. The escarpment exposes sedimentary rocks up to 500 million years old, that have been undamaged by tectonic processes and contain an abundance of well-preserved fossils.