Kuigõ tsässon is a small

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chapel (

: ''tsässon'') in

Kuigõ Kuigõ is a settlement in Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Kuigõ tsässon, a small wooden Setos, Seto chapel is located in the village. References External links Satellite map at Maplandia.com
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in southeastern

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. ''Tsässon'' is situated about a hundred metres west from Meremäe-Kuigõ road, near the farm of Leo Tamm.

General information

Kuigo ''tsässon'' is a

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''tsässon''. Whitsunday is a

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. ''Tsässon'' is still used and in good condition. It was inaugurated during Whitsunday of 2008.

Building data

Kuigo ''tsässon'' is built from rough hewn pine beams from the outside as well as on the inside. The building has an open shelter, the sides of which have an 80 cm high barrier. It is made from upright unedged boards and fitted by a few centimetre gaps. Fence boards are attached to long protruding wall beams. The outer measurements for the beam part of ''tsässon'' without corner cross-beams are 350 x 486 centimetres, of which the entrance-room makes up 136 cm. The entrance-room does not have a ceiling. The gables are made from boards with the edges placed on top of each other, stretching up to collar beams. Kuigo ''tsässon'' stands on granite stones. The height of the building up to the roof ridge is 350 cm. The roof has a double shingle cover and there is a simple saw timber cross on the ridge. Another wooden cross is attached to the beams above the door. There is a door made from wide boards in the front wall that opens on the inside and a window in the northern side wall with four squares (h 50 x w 40 cm).''Setomaa tsässonad''. Koostanud Tapio Mäkeläinen ja Ahto Raudoja. Kirjastus: Setu Kultuuri Fond, 2011.

Furnishing

''Tsässon'' is furnished traditionally: there is an

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table in the rear wall covered by a white towel. Most of the icons are attached on the rear wall and there is a carved icon case (''kibot'') with a glass door on the icon table. Icon depicting

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is fixed on the wall and covered by a knitted woollen red-patterned icon scarf (''pühaserätt''). Other icons are covered by two icon scarves painted on dark fabric and one newer knitted icon scarf. There are embroidered and crocheted tea towels and a few icons on the side walls. There is a smallish metal oil lamp hanging in front of the right-hand angled icon and a candle-holder made from a gnarled tree-trunk. An

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(''analoi'') stands in the middle of the ''tsässon'', a table in one wall and a long bench in the other wall. Floor is covered by rag carpets. The ceiling of the ''tsässon'' is made from unedged boards that are fitted with the edges placed on top of each other. The floor is made from wide planks. There is no extra finishing on the floors-ceilings and inner walls.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuigo tsasson Chapels in Estonia Setomaa Parish Buildings and structures in Võru County Churches completed in 2007 21st-century establishments in Estonia