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Rocca-al-Mare Open Air Museum is located near the city of Rocca al Mare and was founded in 1957. The Estonian Open Air was opened to the visitors in the year 1964. The entire territory of the Rocca-al-Mare Open Air Museum at Estonia is fractioned into four different parts that correspond to the typical village types. These types include the Western Estonia, Southern Estonia, Northern Estonia and the islands. In each region, farmyards of different wealth and age stand in the central position. There are also twelve farmyards that are exhibited presently. For the purpose of creating a true rural milieu, an inn, a church, a schoolhouse, a fire station several mills and net-sheds have also been transferred to the Rocca-al-Mare Open Air Museum in Estonia.
The Rocca-al-Mare Open Air Museum of Estonia is one of the few open air museums in Europe as well as the world, which remains open to the visitors round the year with almost no off days. Even the handicraft shop and the Kolu korts, serving Estonia's national food also continue to be open every day.
The Rocca-al-Mare Open Air Museum provides a complete picture of Estonia's village life. The old Estonian vernacular buildings with exhibited commodities collectively help to depict the daily life of the peasants in the 18th or 20th centuries. Different activities and celebrations of the traditional calendar holidays add a special touch to the village atmosphere.
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