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LOOKING DOWN ON BATTLE SITE  
   

LOOKING DOWN ON BATTLE SITE

Looking from the still existing ramparts. The site marker in the center.
MUHU VISIT PART 3: HISTORIC BATTLE SITE

July 12th 2009
EXCERPTED FROM MY BOOK, OUR SUMMER IN ESTONIA: AMAZON.COM In addition to staying at an authentic manor house, I had other historical interests for visiting Muhu. This island was the last mainstay and defender of ancient pagan Estonian freedom, a freedom that finally succumbed on this island to the forces of crusading Christianity represented by the German knights and the Danish king. There ... read more
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