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Valtu
Veelage
Windmill in Valtu veelage
Windmill in Valtu veelage
Valtu is located in Estonie
Valtu
Valtu
Coordinates: 58°58′40″N 24°51′5″E / 58.97778°N 24.85139°E / 58.97778; 24.85139
Kintra Estonie
CoontyRapla Coonty
PairishRapla Pairish
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Valtu is a veelage in Rapla Pairish, Rapla Coonty in northwastren Estonie.

Valtu Manor (in Swadish Waldau, in Estonie Valtu mõis) is a ruined an pairtially rebiggit manor in Valtu. The first record o the manor wis in 1412. Frae 1588-1828 the Tiesenhausen faimily awned the manor an it wis later awned bi faimilies namit Stackelberg, Ungern von Sternberg, an Meidel. Durin this time it wis considered tae be a wirk o classic Estonie airchitectur.[1]

The main biggin wis burned durin the Revolution o 1905. Its ruins wur destroyed, but several ootbiggins hae been restored. A Dutch windmill biggit aboot 1815 on the steid an the Manor are offeecially leetit as pairt o Estonie's cultural heritage.[2][3]

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