Vaatamisväärsused Eestis II
Haapsalu Railway Station (built in 19051907) is one of the most peculiar
buildings of the town; its wooden lace historical building style has become an
example for many other representative houses of the town. The Railway
Station project was compiled in St Petersburg and its grandeur stressed the
importance of Haapsalu as a summer town hosting the crowned heads of
Russia.
· The Ridala Church, erected in the 13th century, is one of the bestpreserved
Middle Ages churches, built in the characteristic Western Estonian onenave
style, in the whole of Estonia. There are fragments of the ceiling paintings
(probably from the 14th century), a Baroquepulpit (1656, E. Thiele) and an
altar preserved in the Church.
· The Germans built the Lihula Stronghold in 1242. In 12341251 Lihula was the
center of the Diocese of SaareLääne. The Stronghold together with the
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