November
06
/ 2019
The Baltic nation of Estonia is one of Europe’s least crowded countries and has two UNESCO World Heritage sites, one you may never have heard of. The Struve Geodetic Arc, which Estonia shares with Belarus, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Moldova, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine is a chain of survey triangulations stretching from Hammerfest in Norway to the Black Sea, which yielded the first accurate measurement of a meridian. Estonia also has a remarkable history and as a result, there are many other historic landmarks in this small nation. One of the most famous of these is Pirita Convent which played a very important role in the region in the Middle Ages. The imposing remains of the convent and church are
