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Memorial or cemetery · 1989

Monument to the War of Independence in Rapla

In the churchyard at Rapla stands a War of Independence memorial by of the sculptor Jaan Koort, unveiled on 30 September 1923. Like most such monuments it did not survive the Soviet years. Its restoration was undertaken by the sculptors Tõnu Maarand and Ants Viitmaa, and the rebuilt memorial was unveiled on Victory Day, 23 June 1989, when the Singing Revolution was bringing many of these monuments back across the country.

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

Eesti keeles

Rapla kirikuaias seisab Vabadussõja mälestussammas, kujur Jaan Koorti looming, mis avati 30. septembril 1923. Nagu enamik selliseid monumente, ei elanud see nõukogude aega üle. Samba taastasid skulptorid Tõnu Maarand ja Ants Viitmaa ning taastatud mälestusmärk avati võidupühal, 23. juunil 1989, kui laulev revolutsioon tõi üle Eesti tagasi paljusid samasuguseid sambaid.

Map of the area around Monument to the War of Independence in Rapla
59.00753° N, 24.79451° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapla_Vabaduss%C3%B5ja_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗

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