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unusual facts about Kurna, Harju County


Otto Wilhelm von Fersen

Otto Wilhelm von Fersen (1623, Reval - 1703, Kurna) was a Swedish general and nobleman of the Fersen family, governor general of Ingmermanland and Kexholm from 1691 to 1698, field marshal 1693.


Gourna

Kurna, three village areas located near the Theban Hills in Egypt.

Kurna

Qurna is an abandoned village about 100m to the east of the Temple of Seti I. Until the early 19th century the community included at least parts of the Temple of Seti I. Several travellers, including Richard Pococke or Sonnini de Manoncourt even name a Sheikh of Qurna.

New Qurna was designed and built in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy to house people living in Qurna which is now uninhabited.

New Qurna was built between 1946 and 1952 by Egyptian architect Hassan Fathy midway between the Colossi of Memnon and el-Gezira on the Nile on the main road to the Theban Necropolis to house the residents of the Qurna.

Protection of Natural Amenities Medal

In the County of Harju and in Tallinn the Director of the Institute of Protection of Natural Amenities and Tourism presented this medal.

Qurna

Kurna, three village areas near the Theban Hills in Egypt

Sandra Nurmsalu

The tour played at venues around the Harju County which she grew up in, including her home town of Alavere.

Tallinn–Tapa railway

After Vesse station they leave borders of Tallinn and continue in a south-eastern direction through Harju County and Lääne-Viru County till Jäneda station, crossing several rivers on their way.

The Night of Counting the Years

Set in 1881, before a year of British colonial rule, it is based on the true story of the Abd el-Rasuls, an Upper-Egyptian clan that had been robbing a cache of mummies discovered at tomb DB320 near the village of Kurna, and selling the artefacts on the illicit antiquities black market.


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