Saku, Estonie

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Saku
Saku Manor
Saku Manor
Saku is located in Estonie
Saku
Saku
Location in Estonie
Coordinates: 59°17′53″N 24°39′59″E / 59.29806°N 24.66639°E / 59.29806; 24.66639
Kintra Estonie
Coonty Harju Coonty
Municipality Saku Pairish
Population
 (01.04.2012)
 • Total4,675

Saku is a smaw burgh (Estonie: alevik) in Harju Coonty, Estonie, locatit 16 km (10 mi) sooth frae Tallinn, the caipital. It is the admeenistrative centre o Saku Pairish. Saku haes a population o 4,675 (as o 1 Apryle 2012)[1] whilk maks it the biggest smaw burgh in Estonie.

Saku is maist kent bi Saku Brewery which is ane o twa biggest breweries in Estonie.

Saku haes a station on the Edelaraudtee's wastren route.

Vääna River crosses Saku.

Saku manor[eedit | eedit soorce]

Saku manor (German: Sack) traces its history back tae 1463. The current manor hoose wis biggit in 1825-1830 in a neoclassical style, an is possibly designed bi the renouned St. Petersburg architect Carlo Rossi. It is ane o the feenest insamples, mibbe the finest, o a neoclassical manor hoose in Estonie.[2][3][4]

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  1. "Üldinfo" (in Estonian). Saku vald. Retrieved 27 September 2012.CS1 maint: unrecognised leid (link)
  2. Viirand, Tiiu (2004). Estonia. Cultural Tourism. Kunst Publishers. p. 55. ISBN 9949-407-18-4.
  3. Sakk, Ivar (2004). Estonian Manors - A Travelogue. Tallinn: Sakk & Sakk OÜ. pp. 44–45. ISBN 9949-10-117-4.
  4. Hein, Ants (2009). Eesti Mõisad - Herrenhäuser in Estland - Estonian Manor Houses. Tallinn: Tänapäev. p. 31. ISBN 978-9985-62-765-5.

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