{"id":488,"date":"2022-01-29T11:03:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T09:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/?page_id=488"},"modified":"2022-05-10T12:16:32","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T10:16:32","slug":"sakalamaa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/county\/sakalamaa\/","title":{"rendered":"Sakalamaa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Historic Sakalamaa \u2013, the home of Lembitu, the leader of ancient Estonians \u2013 is located in the northern part of Viljandi County. Today you can visit L\u00f5havere, the site of <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/places\/lohavere-lembitu-hill-fort\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lembitu Hill-Fort<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Suure-Jaani is one of the most important places for Estonian culture. It is the birthplace of the Kapp family of composers, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/places\/home-museum-of-the-kapp-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">house museum<\/a> can be visited in the town. On the edge of Soomaa is the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/places\/mart-saar-museum\/\">house museum<\/a> of composer Mart Saar, which continues to inspire artists today. Suure-Jaani cemetery is the final resting place of <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/places\/monument-to-johann-koler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johann K\u00f6ler<\/a>, one of the greatest painters in Estonian history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most popular attraction of modern Suure-Jaani is one of the nicest water parks in the region, which the locals also call the Health House (<a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/places\/water-park-of-suure-jaani-health-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tervisekoda<\/a>). Its water attractions, pools and saunas offer fun for the entire family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sakalamaa is home to <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/places\/olustvere-manor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olustvere Manor<\/a>, the best-preserved manor complex in Estonia. Besides the elegant main house, many old auxiliary buildings have been preserved and renovated, and are used today as workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>View the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/bw_client_files\/visitviljandi\/public\/img\/File\/viljandi_kataloog_2019_ENG-sakalamaa.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">route<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/bw_client_files\/visitviljandi\/public\/img\/File\/P-Viljandimaa_A5_2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a> so that you could also find the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/places\/pilistvere-memorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pilistvere Memorial<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/en\/places\/visit-to-vohma-candle-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">V\u00f5hma Candle Factory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51505319472_e4e366b982_k.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51505319472_e4e366b982_k-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51505319472_e4e366b982_k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51505319472_e4e366b982_k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51505319472_e4e366b982_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51505319472_e4e366b982_k-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/visitviljandi.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/51505319472_e4e366b982_k.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>L\u00f5havere Hill. Photographer: Siim Verner Teder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historic Sakalamaa \u2013, the home of Lembitu, the leader of ancient Estonians \u2013 is located in the northern part of Viljandi County. Today you can visit L\u00f5havere, the site of Lembitu Hill-Fort. Suure-Jaani is one of the most important places for Estonian culture. 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