Karepa is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.[1]
Karepa | |
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| Country | Estonia |
| County | Lääne-Viru County |
| Parish | Haljala Parish |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kalame Farm Museum
editThe Kalame Farm Museum (or Richard Sagrits Museum) is a farm museum in the village. Part of the museum's collection presents the Estonian painter Richard Sagrits.[2] The most unique part of the museum complex is a silmuköök (a building with a stove for cooking river lampreys).[2] The museum is part of the Virumaa Museums foundation.[2]
Notable people
edit- Villem Alttoa (1898–1975), literary scholar, was born in Karepa.
- Vladimir Bogatkin (1922–1971), artist, had a summer home in Karepa and depicted the landscape around Karepa in his works.
- Villem Gross (1922–2001), writer, had a summer home in Karepa.
- Valli Lember-Bogatkina (1921–2016), artist, had a summer home in Karepa.
- Richard Sagrits (1910–1968), painter, was born in Karepa. His house-museum is located in the village.
- Jaan Zimmermann (1880–1942), entrepreneur, owned the Villa Dombrovka in Karepa.
References
edit- ^ Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements 2014[dead link] (retrieved 28 July 2021)
- ^ a b c "Richard Sagrits ja Kalame talu - Virumaa Muuseumid". virumaamuuseumid.ee (in Estonian). 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
59°32′N 26°25′E / 59.533°N 26.417°E
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