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Kuressaare Castle

castle in Kuressaare, Estonia
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Kuressaare Castle

Summary

Kuressaare Castle is a castle[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kuressaare Castle is located in Saaremaa Rural Municipality[3].
  • Kuressaare Castle is in the country of Estonia[4].
  • Kuressaare Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[5].
  • Kuressaare Castle's commissioned by is recorded as Prince-Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek[6].
  • Kuressaare Castle took place at Kuressaare[7].
  • Kuressaare Castle's Commons category is recorded as Kuressaare Castle[8].
  • Kuressaare Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 58.24689, 'lon': 22.47929}[9].
  • Kuressaare Castle's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Saaremaa[10].
  • Kuressaare Castle's significant event is recorded as construction[11].
  • Kuressaare Castle's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Kuressaare Castle's heritage designation is recorded as architectural monument[13].
  • Kuressaare Castle's heritage designation is recorded as Tentative World Heritage Site[14].
  • Kuressaare Castle's World Heritage criteria is recorded as (iv)[15].
  • Kuressaare Castle's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Eesti 1000[16].

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Geography

Kuressaare Castle is in the country of Estonia[4]. It is located in Saaremaa Rural Municipality[3].

Designation and Status

Kuressaare Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[5]. Heritage statuses include architectural monument[13] and Tentative World Heritage Site[14].

Why It Matters

Kuressaare Castle ranks in the top 4% of castle entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Estonia Saaremaa

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Register of Cultural Monuments. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Vicarage · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Eesti 1000
    World heritage criteria → (iv)
    Significant event → construction
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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