Castle
Vao Castle
🇪🇪 Estonia
Vao Castle (Estonian Vao vasallilinnus) is a medieval residential tower in Vao, Estonia, in Lääne-Viru County. The place belonged to the former parish of Klein-St. Marien in Wierland, near the border with the Teutonic Order's bailiwick of Jerwen.
Machine-translated from “Wohnturm Wack” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vao Castle ranks #6,204 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #33 of the 36 mapped in Estonia. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tallinn, 90 km away. See how Estonia compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Vao Castle?
Vao Castle stands in Estonia, at 59.10075°, 26.19326°.
How famous is Vao Castle?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,204 of 8,134 worldwide, and #33 in Estonia. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Vao Castle?
Porkuni Castle, about 10 km away.
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