The University of Tartu was established by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1632, thus being one of the oldest universitie ...
The Toome Hill, rising above Old Town, has always been strategic military position. Tartu's original settlement, Tarbatu, was ...
Uspensky Church, which forms a uniform complex with a long priest house on the northern side, was built in 1783 and belongs t ...
Tartu Cathedral (Estonian Tartu toomkirik) is one of the landmarks of the city of Tartu. The building is now an imposing ruin ...
St. John's Church was probably built in the first third of the 14th century as a three-nave basilica. The church was dama ...
In 1763 Russian Empress Catherine II ordered to fortify Tartu again. It was decided to build a gunpowder magazine (Püssi ...
The Angel’s Bridge, located on Toome hill, was built in the 19th century and spans Lossi Street. The writing on the bridge, ...
The Estonian National Museum (Eesti Rahva Muuseum) was originally founded 1909 in Tartu is a museum devoted to folklorist Jak ...
A beautifully proportioned neo-Historical red- brick Roman Catholic church (architect Wilhelm Scilling) was completed in 1899 ...
The Tartu City Museum was established in 1955 for collecting, studying and displaying the objects connected with town history ...
Tartu is the birthplace of Estonian beer industry and has been a beer town for nearly a thousand years. In order to perpetuat ...
St.Peter's congregation of Tartu was established on 27 October 1869 and the St. Peter's Church was consecrated in 188 ...
During the 47 years of Soviet occupation in Estonia approximately 122,000 people fell victims to different repressions from t ...
The Raadi cemetery is the oldest and largest burial ground in Tartu, dating back to 1773. Many prominent historical figures a ...
A two-storey Orthodox church was built between 1914-1917. It is designed by the architect V. Lunski. Cupolas are inspired by ...
Kärkna Abbey, now ruined, was a former Cistercian monastery in Estonia. The monastery was founded before ...