Excursion to the Ethnographic Museum of Rocca Al Mare

Estonian Open Air Museum. This forest area bears the Italian name Rocca al Maré, translated as “Climb by the Sea”. In the mid-19th century, the mayor of Tallinn was Gerard de Succanton, a Frenchman in love with Italy, and on this amazing peninsula he built a summer estate. One park alley, decorated with stone slabs brought from the old city, he called as in Rome Via Appia. The museum was founded in 1957 and here on an area of 87 hectares, divided into 4 parts in accordance with the historical and ethnographic division of Estonia, you can get acquainted with the life and culture of Estonian peasants. More than 70 buildings were brought here from all over the country, extensive complexes of peasant estates with all utensils and utility rooms, wind and water mills, a village church, a tavern, a rural school shop, and everything works. The museum leaves a very pleasant impression at any time of the year.