Purtse küla
Purtse is a village in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. Purtse is best known as the location of 16th century Purtse Castle.Places of Interest
Highlights include Purtse Castle and Lüganuse cemetery.
Purtse Castle
Castle
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
Purtse Castle is a castle of a local Purtse knight manor in Purtse, northeastern Estonia. It was built in the middle of the 16th century, probably by the landowner Johann von Taube, at a time when late Gothic ways of building were slowly being abandoned in favour of Renaissance ideas.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Püssi.
Püssi
Town
Photo: Андрей Романенко, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Püssi is a town in Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia, with a population of 917 as of 2018. It is located near the road between Tallinn and St. Petersburg. Püssi is situated 7 km south of Purtse küla.
Purtse küla
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Purtse kuela”
- Location: Lüganuse Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.4165° or 59° 24′ 60″ northLongitude
26.9997° or 26° 59′ 59″ eastElevation
25 metres (82 feet)Open location code
9GF8CX8X+JVGeoNames ID
11051106
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