Allikalahe

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Coordinates: 58 ° 27 '  N , 23 ° 4'  E

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Blesta stone near Allikalahe
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Allikalahe is a village ( Estonian küla ) on the largest Estonian island of Saaremaa . It belongs to the Saaremaa rural community (until 2017: Laimjala rural community ) in the Saare district . Until the reestablishment of the rural community Saaremaa, the place was called "Laheküla" and was renamed to differentiate itself from Laheküla , as both are now in the same rural community.

Population and location

The village has seven inhabitants (as of December 31, 2011).

It is located a few kilometers northeast of Laimjala .

Blesta stone

Allikalahe is best known for the work of art Blesta kivi ("Blesta stone"). The stone setting is dedicated to the mythical mother Blesta, the "beautiful goddess of the north", from whom human civilization is said to have emerged 30,000 years ago. In the middle of a spiral is a stone altar.

The installation is the modern art creation of a local project office.

Individual evidence

  1. List of renaming of places for administrative reform 2016/2017 (Estonian)
  2. Estonian Statistical Office