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Memorial or cemetery · 1780

Kudjape Cemetery

German: Kudjapäh

Kudjape Cemetery

Kuressaare's town cemetery at Kudjape was founded in 1780, and its gateway is flanked by two chapels of 1848 with columned fronts copying Greek temples. Inside are neo-Gothic and neoclassical chapels of island families such as the Grosswaldts and the merchant Schmidts, and heavy-slabbed crypts with urn-shaped gravestones. The newer part holds memorials to the victims of the deportations and of the ferry Estonia, and since 2011 a cross for the victims of the communist mass killing in Kuressaare in 1941. A 5-km nature trail through broadleaf woods starts at the gate.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

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Kuressaare linnakalmistu Kudjapel rajati 1780. aastal ja selle peaväravat ääristavad 1848. aastal ehitatud kaks kabelit, mille sammastikfassaadid jäljendavad kreeka templeid. Kalmistul on saare suguvõsade, näiteks Grosswaldtide ja kaupmeeste Schmidtide uusgooti ja uusklassitsistlikud kabelid ning raskete kiviplaatidega krüpthauad urnikujuliste hauamonumentidega. Uuemas osas asub mälestusmärk küüditatutele ja parvlaev Estonia hukus hukkunutele ning alates 2011. aastast rist 1941. aasta Kuressaare kommunistliku massimõrva ohvritele. Värava juurest algab 5 km pikkune loodusrada läbi laialehise metsa.

Map of the area around Kudjape Cemetery
58.26488° N, 22.52394° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudjape_kalmistu ↗

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