ESTONIA(EESTI)

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Estonia is a country placed at the northest of Europe, just next to Russia and above Latvia.

This is the Estonian Flag

Estonia has 1.287.000 inhabitants. Its capital is Tallinn.

Estonia has been dominated by the U.R.S.S from 1945 until 1992, when the independence was declared. You can note this by seeing the different kinds of buildings in the cities.

This is a modern soviet building. Note that it is a simple building, without any kind of ornament.

However, in this other building, you can see that it is not Soviet, as it's not so simple and has more decorations on it.

Estonia has a very good gastronomy. It is a simple gastronomy, including pork meat, potato, a lot of milk and fermented cabbage.

SültSome of the traditional meals are: -Marineeritud angerjas: marinated eel, served cold, -Mulgikapsad: sauerkraut stew with pork, served with boiled potatoes, -Sült: cooked pork in jelly…

Mulgikapsad

The capital city (and the most poblated one) is Tallinn, a big medieval city placed at the north of the country.

This is the flag of Tallinn

Tallinn main square of the city.It has old houses everywhere and always is full of people.

Tallinn has a big, beautiful castle and all the city is rounded by a long wall.

The port of Tallin is one of the main ports of the Baltic Sea, with several lines which daily link the city with St. Petesburgo, Helsinki, Stockholm and many other cities.

This is the medieval part of the city. It is beautiful cause all the city is rounded by a big wall with lots of trees and little parks in the zone. It’s always full of people.

Rapla County (or Raplamaa) is one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Its placed just under Tallinn.

This is the flag of Rapla County. It has the coat of arms placed in the centre

At January of 2009, Rapla had 36,678 inhabitants.

Kehtna is a rural municipality. placed in the southest of Rapla County.

Flag of Kehtna.Its also the coat of arms and the most representative picture of the Municipality..

This is the Estonian school. It`s placed in a big, beautiful place, which in summer is colourful and in winter is full of snow.

This is a photo of Kehtna. You cannote it has nature and water everywhere.

This seems to be a big forest, but it is a large, beautiful park placed in Kehtna.

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Made by Roque Bescos, in colaboration with: •Andrea García, •Marta Castro•Irene Castro