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St. Mary`s chapel/Maarja kabel Traditional Cache

Hidden : 7/31/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Viru-Nigula Maarja kabel on rajatud 13. sajandil. Arvatakse, et kabel rajati tähistamaks venelaste üle saavutatud võitu 1268 Liivi ordu ja venelaste vahel toimunud lahingus. Pärast luterlikku reformatsiooni jäi kabel hoolduseta ja muutus rahvaliku ebausu keskuseks, mis 17. saj keskel põhjustas osalise lammutamise ja järgneva lagunemise. Täna on näha endisest kabelist säilinud otsaviilu. Kabel on haruldane, kuna erineb samal ajal püstitatud hoonetest idast tulnud ehituslaadi poolest. Tegemist on vanima kivist sakraalehitisega Virumaal. Maarja kabel on katoliiklaste tuntuim palverännaku paik Eestis. Palverännak teostatakse juulikuu alguses heinamaarja püha paiku, austades sellisel viisil Neitsi Maarjat.

Palun aardeotsiatel jõudu mitte kasutada. Konteiner on peidetud maadligi müüriavasse, ette on asetatud kaks väiksemat kivi. Koordinaadid on võetud maaameti kaardilt

The ruins of St. Mary's Chapel, first constructed in the 13th century, are located in Viru-Nigula. It is thought that the chapel was built to celebrate victory over the Russians by the Livonian Order in the battle of 1268. After the Lutheran reformation the chapel fell into disuse and became a focal point for folk
superstition, which led to its partial demolition in the mid-17th century and its later collapse. The ruins that remain today remind us how unique the chapel was in terms of the differences in its construction from
the other chapels of the time influenced by the East. The chapel is thought to be the oldest stone sacral structure in this region of Estonia
 

Please do not use strenght. Container is hidden near the ground in the wallcrack, behind two small rocks

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