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Tartu

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190 km south-east from Tallinn, the oldest (first mentioned in 1030) and the second biggest town located in the central part of Estonia, famous for one of the oldest universities in Europe.


http://www.tartu.ee

Highlights

  • The Old Town with a neo-classical Town Hall (17th century);
  • Tartu University (founded 1632 by Gustaf II Adolf, the King of Sweden) with its Corinthian columns;
  • St.John’s Church (1330);
  • Toomemägi – the green heart of Tartu with picturesque ruins of Dome Church
  • Museum of the History of Tartu University;
  • “kissing hill”, Devil’s Bridge and Angel’s Bridge
  • the observatory - one of the world’s great astronomical study centres in the beginning of the 19th century.

Sightseeing options

  • Walking tour – 2 hrs 

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