Jüriöö lights
20.04.2024, Paide.
Estonians have made the St. George's fire throughout the ages, when initially the fire was lit near a newly released herd to ward off evil, then on St. George's night in 1343 it became a signal fire for the beginning of a great uprising. On Saint Georges Night 23 April 1343, the Estonians began an uprising to rid themselves of the Teutonic Order and the Kingdom of Denmark who had been ruling Estonia its since conquest in the Northern Crusaders in 1261. Former Prime Minister Jüri Ratas was lighting the bonfire. At the initiative of the Alempois MC, motorcycle clubs from different parts of Estonia gather on Paide Vallimäe and take Jüriöö Signal Fires to their home place.
Photo: Dmitri Kotjuh / Järva Teataja
- Product Code
- ILEA002604117
- Registered date
- 2024/4/20 00:00:00
- Credit
- Scanpix / Kyodo News Images
- Media source
- Järva Teataja /Scanpix Baltics
- Media size
- 5472 × 3648 pixel
- Deployment size
- 4.01(MB)*
*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.