Valga Orthodox Church, Valga, Estonia

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Tanel Aavistu (4 years ago)
Väga ilus kirik, kõnnin sellest iga päev mööda.

Anatoly Ko (7 years ago)
Pargi 1a, Valga 57.775605, 26.044679 ‎ 57° 46' 32.18", 26° 2' 40.84" Исидоровский храм возведен по проекту епархиального архитектора В.И. Лунского из кирпича в стиле московско-византийских церквей с 5 куполами и колокольней. Храм был освящен 18 октября 1898 года святителем Агафангелом (Преображенским), епископом Рижским и Митавским.В 1913 году Никольская церковь в Валга сгорела, и Исидоровский храм принял православный эстонский приход. В 1923 году храм во имя свщмч. Исидора, пресвитера Юрьевского, получил статус собора.В начале 90-х годов приход, переживший войны и безбожное лихолетье, был вытеснен из своего родного храма представителями Константинополя. Сохраняя верность Матери-Церкви Московского Патриархата, воодушевляемые настоятелем священником Иаковом Метсалу, прихожане молились у церковной ограды, затем стали собираться на старинном Никольском кладбище (Tartu mnt. kalmistu). 1 декабря 1998 года был освящен временный храм в честь свщмч. Исидора Юрьевского (ныне он является малым приделом).Чин освящения новой православной церкви во имя Владимирской иконы Божией Матери был совершен Митрополитом Таллиннским и всея Эстонии Корнилием 11 августа 2001 года.

Kisimul Castle

Dating from the 15th century, Kisimul is the only significant surviving medieval castle in the Outer Hebrides. It was the residence of the chief of the Macneils of Barra, who claimed descent from the legendary Niall of the Nine Hostages. Tradition tells of the Macneils settling in Barra in the 11th century, but it was only in 1427 that Gilleonan Macneil comes on record as the first lord. He probably built the castle that dominates the rocky islet, and in its shadow a crew house for his personal galley and crew. The sea coursed through Macneil veins, and a descendant, Ruari ‘the Turbulent’, was arrested for piracy of an English ship during King James VI’s reign in the later 16th century.

Heavy debts eventually forced the Macneil chiefs to sell Barra in 1838. However, a descendant, Robert Lister Macneil, the 45th Chief, repurchased the estate in 1937, and set about restoring his ancestral seat. It passed into Historic Scotland’s care in 2000.

The castle dates essentially from the 15th century. It takes the form of a three-storey tower house. This formed the residence of the clan chief. An associated curtain wall fringed the small rock on which the castle stood, and enclosed a small courtyard in which there are ancillary buildings. These comprised a feasting hall, a chapel, a tanist’s house and a watchman’s house. Most were restored in the 20th century, the tanist’s house serving as the family home of the Macneils. A well near the postern gate is fed with fresh water from an underground seam. Outside the curtain wall, beside the original landing-place, are the foundations of the crew house, where the sailors manning their chief’s galley had their quarters.

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