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the dwelling chamber, which was used as the primary residence during the winter. The kiln room was the only heated room and all indoor activities were carried out there. During the autumn it was used to dry grain. From summer to autumn cooking was performed in an external summer kitchen and people slept in hay lofts and store rooms.
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The form of a traditional 19th century farmhouse is a long chimney-less building with low walls of horizontal logs and a high straw thatched roof. The log walls are one third and the roof two thirds of the total building height. The build has three sections: the threshing floor, the kiln room, and
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are seen the oldest forms of village where farms are assembled in compact clusters, with denser clusters found to the north west. In hilly country of southern Estonia, a more dispersed type of village was found. In the east, on the coast of
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Village styles varied according to geographical regions, each having its own characteristic features. In the flat plains of northern Estonia and
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and an agrarian tradition dating back some 4000 years, with the threshing barn and dwelling housed under the same roof, thatched with reeds or
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that differs fundamentally from similar buildings in neighbouring countries. Its evolution is connected with the Estonian staple
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An introduction to the history of the Western tradition
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Vernacular Architecture at the Estonian Open-Air Museum
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Tammsaare-Põhja farm, birthplace of Estonian writer
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vernacular architectural
Estonia
Liber Census Daniae
Henry of Livonia

Mihkli Farm Museum
Viki village
Saaremaa
Lake Peipus
Setumaa

Sauna

architectural style
black bread
rye

A. H. Tammsaare
Architecture of Estonia
Estonian Open Air Museum
ISBN
9985-801-78-4
An introduction to the history of the Western tradition
Categories
Architecture in Estonia
Vernacular architecture

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