Kuressaare Castle

Northeast section of the moat of Kuressaare Castle	Moat and northern bastion of Kuressaare Castle	Kuressaare Castle entered the historical record in the 1380s with the Teutonic Knights	The fortifications of Kuressaare Castle were modernized after Denmark seized control of Saaremaa in 1559
Sweden took control of Saaremaa after the Torstenson War with Denmark	Tower of the Northern Bastion of Kuressaare Castle	Tower of the north bastion, Kuressaare Castle	The central keep of Kuressaare Castle is referred to as the Convent
37m main tower of Kuressaare Castle	Legend of the Immured Knight, a 16th C. skeleton found walled up in a cellar of Kuressaare Castle	Interior of the convent of Kuressaare Castle	Estonia woman playing an 11-stringed renaissance lute at Kuressaare Castle
Chapel of Kuressaare Castle	Monument to the Austrian Christian Poll (1618-1695), Kuressaare Castle chapel	Coat-of-Arms, Chapel of Kuressaare Castle	Chapel of Kuressaare Castle
German altarpiece, Kuressaare Castle	German alterpiece with a painting of Christ on the cross, Kuressaare Castle	Model of the Kuressaare Castle	Estonian poster of Stalin in the museum of Kuressaare Castle
Soviet medals in the museum of Kuressaare Castle	Soviet-era statues in the museum of Kuressaare Castle	Flag of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic	Border guard with German shepherd, Kuressaare Castle
Soviet border guard uniform in the museum of Kuressaare Castle	Soviet poster: The State - this is us! Estonian SSR	Executive Committee of the Council of People's Deputies	Bilinguarl Russian roadsigns to Kingissepa, a village on the island of Saaremaa
Long Live Comrade Stalin! Kuressaare Castle museum	Crest of the Eesti NSV - Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic	World War II on the island of Saaremaa, Estonia	1941 - Change of Occupants - swapping Nazis for Communists
Estonia Jun15 116.Battles for Saaremaa - Sorve Peninsula Campaign, 1944	German Army Feldzeitung, 26 Nov 1944, end of the Battle of Sorve Peninsula	Maps of the Battles on the West-Estonian Islands, Kuressaare Castle	German fighter pilot Walter Nowotny (1920-1944) with 258 aerial victories
Saksamaa - Germany in the Estonian language	Map of Ostpreussen, Kuressaare Castle	Model of an earlier version of Kuressaare Castle	Swedish silver coins, 1670-1671, Kuressaare Castle
Maritime Gallery of the museum of Kuressaare Castle	Model of the Soviet ferry Lyse, Saaremaa	Soviet leader Brezhnev (1906-1982)	Soviet-era kitchen on display in the museum of Kuressaare Castle
Roof of Kuressaare Castle	Roof of Kuressaare Castle	Me on the roof of Kuressaare Castle	Tower of Kuressaare Castle
Tower of Kuressaare Castle	Ruins of the outer walls of Kuressaare Castle	Stuffed bear, Kuressaare Castle	Keep of Kuressaare Castle, the Convent
3 of the 31 victims of the Red Terror found in the Powder Tower of Kuressaare Castle 25 Sept 1941	Heavy doorway to the south powder tower, Kuressaare Castle	Convent through the doorway of the Powder Tower, Kuressaare Castle	Keep of Kuressaare Castle, the Convent
Tower of the north bastion, Kuressaare Castle	Tower of the north bastion, Kuressaare Castle	Lilacs with the main tower of Kuressaare Castle	Bridge across the moat leading to the north bastion of Kuressaare Castle