Karepa

{{Short description|Village in Estonia}}

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Karepa is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.{{EHAK|2715}} (retrieved 28 July 2021)

Kalame Farm Museum

The Kalame Farm Museum (or Richard Sagrits Museum) is a farm museum in the village. Part of the museum's collection presents the Estonian painter Richard Sagrits.{{cite web |title=Richard Sagrits ja Kalame talu - Virumaa Muuseumid |url=https://virumaamuuseumid.ee/sagritsamuuseum/richard-sagrits-ja-kalame-talu/ |website=virumaamuuseumid.ee |access-date=10 February 2024 |language=et |date=10 January 2023}} The most unique part of the museum complex is a silmuköök (a building with a stove for cooking river lampreys). The museum is part of the Virumaa Museums foundation.

Notable people

  • Villem Alttoa (1898–1975), literary scholar, was born in Karepa.
  • Vladimir Bogatkin (1922–1971), artist, had a summer home in Karepa and depicted the landscape around Karepa in his works.
  • Villem Gross (1922–2001), writer, had a summer home in Karepa.
  • Valli Lember-Bogatkina (1921–2016), artist, had a summer home in Karepa.
  • Richard Sagrits (1910–1968), painter, was born in Karepa. His house-museum is located in the village.
  • Jaan Zimmermann (1880–1942), entrepreneur, owned the Villa Dombrovka in Karepa.

References

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{{Haljala Parish}}

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Category:Villages in Lääne-Viru County

Category:Kreis Wierland

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