Taevaskoja Sandstone Cliffs or simply Taevaskoja Cliffs are natural geologic formations situated in Põlva County in Estonia.
Location: Põlva County Map
Official site
Väike Taevaskoda is an outcrop of Devonian sandstone located on
the banks of the Ahja river, one of the sky houses in the Ahja river
primeval landscape reserve.
The Small Chamber of Heaven is
located slightly upstream from the Great Chamber of Heaven, in the
northwest. The height of the outcrop reaches 13 meters.
Two
caves have explored the sandstone rock wall for springs: Neitsikoopa
and Emalätte cave. Emaläte is more northerly, Neitsikoobas more
southerly. There are legends associated with the Virgin Cave. There,
a beautiful linen-lacquered virgin weaves fabric, whose golden axles
can be clearly heard. But you can see him only on Midsummer night.
4-4.5 liters of water per second flows from Emalätte into the Ahja
river, the water temperature is a constant 6 degrees.
Kimera
Valley runs from the southwest corner of Väike Taevaskoja rock
towards Taevaskoja village.
Several scenes for the movie "The
Last Relic" were filmed in the Little Heaven Chamber.