Sõmerpalu

Sõmerpalu
Sõmmõrpalo (Võro)
Small borough

Sõmerpalu manor
Sõmerpalu

Location in Estonia

Coordinates: 57°51′07″N 26°49′45″E / 57.85194°N 26.82917°E / 57.85194; 26.82917Coordinates: 57°51′07″N 26°49′45″E / 57.85194°N 26.82917°E / 57.85194; 26.82917
Country  Estonia
County Võru County
Municipality Sõmerpalu Parish

Sõmerpalu (Võro: Sõmmõrpalo, German: Sommerpahlen) is a small borough (Estonian: alevik) in Võru County, Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Sõmerpalu Parish.[1]

Sõmerpalu manor

The history of the local manor goes back to at least 1544, when there was a fortified manor, a so-called "vassal castle", at approximately the same site as the present-day manor house. During the Livonian War, however, this building was destroyed, and a new manor house was built some time after this. The present house was erected in the 1860s in the then-popular neo-Gothic style.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on April 30, 2010. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
  2. ↑ Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. p. 241. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.
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