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Welcome to Narva, known as the third largest city in Estonia. It is situated at the eastern extreme point of the country by the Russian border on the Narva River.

It was in the Danish rule when the castle of Narva was founded. The castle as well as the surrounding town of the city then became a possession of the Livonian Order after the year 1346. In the year 1918, Narva was part of the independent Estonia. However, the old center of the city was destroyed by the Red Army and by the retreating Germans in the Battle of Narva in 1944.

Almost all of the people in the city are Russian speakers and are Soviet-era immigrant from different parts of the Former USSR or their descendants. Narva is said to be dominated by the 15^th-century castle and its Long Hermann tower is its most famous landmark. Other sites in Narva include Swedish mansions build during the 17^th century, a Baroque town Hall and the remains of Erik Dahlberg’s fortifications.

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