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Church Architecture Tour
1. St. Olav’s Church Steeple → 2. Niguliste Museum → 3. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral → 4. The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin in Tallinn (also known as Dome church) → 5. Kaarli Church → 6. Estonian Methodist Church → 7. Nõva Church → 8. Rooslepa Chapel and Cemetery → 9. Haapsalu Bishop’s Castle → 10. Pühalepa Church → 11. Reigi church → 12. Emmaste Church → 13. Karja Catherine Church → 14. Kuressaare Episcopal Castle → 15. Saint Martin's Church in Valjala → 16. St. Mary's Church in Pöide → 17. Muhu St Catherine’s Church → 18. Eliisabet's Church → 19. Türi Püha Martini kirik (St. Martin’s Church in Türi) → 20. Rapla Maarja-Magdaleena Church → 21. St. Birgitta’s Convent Ruins
| Duration: | 5 days |
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Wooden churches, stone churches, two-towered churches, old and new churches - this tour gives you the possibility to see them all. It also takes you to beautiful Estonian islands, the best spa resort towns and beaches in Estonia so besides churches there is plenty more to see and enjoy.
Sites along route
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St. Olav’s Church Steeple
The church, which was built in the 13th century, was probably the highest structure in the world until the end of the 19th century. The 124-metre-high steeple is still one of the symbols of Tallinn…
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Niguliste Museum
St. Nicholas Church that was built in the 13th century is dedicated to church art. Here you will find medieval gravestones, unique altars and Tallinn’s most famous work of art: a fragment of Bernt…
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The large and richly decorated Russian Orthodox church, designed in a mixed historicist style, was completed on Toompea Hill in 1900, when Estonia was part of the Czarist Empire. The well-maintained…
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The Cathedral of Saint Mary the Virgin in Tallinn (also known as Dome church)
The biggest attention in the church interior deserves tombstones from 13th-18th century and 107 noble coats of arms- epitaphs from 17th- 20th century. More known people buried in the church are well…
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Kaarli Church
Kaarli Church is decorated with worth to see altar paintings by J. Köleri and S. Kügelgen. From 1924 the biggest organ in Estonia is situated in Kaarli Church. You can take part in services that are…
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Estonian Methodist Church
The Estonian Methodist Church is Estonia’s largest modern sacral building, which was designed by Vilen Künnapu and Ain Padrik, with the interior design executed by Katrin and Argo Vaikla. The church…
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Nõva Church
Olev’s Church in Nõva originating from the 18th century is a cosy wooden beach-chapel-style church with unique stained glass imitations. It is one of the few wooden churches preserved in Estonia, it…
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Rooslepa Chapel and Cemetery
The ruins of Rooslepa chapel originate from the 17th century. It was originally built as a wooden chapel. The present stone chapel was built in 1834. The chapel fell apart after World War II, but the…
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Haapsalu Bishop’s Castle
The Haapsalu Bishop’s Castle and Cathedral, which was established in the 13th century as the centre of the Saare-Lääne Diocese, is one of the best preserved castles in Estonia. Visit the museum…
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Pühalepa Church
The Pühalepa Church is Hiiumaa’s oldest stone church. In 1255, the German Order started the construction of a stone fortress-church. Initially lacking a steeple, the arched stone church was completed…
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Reigi church
Reigi did not become an independent parish until 1627. Baron O. R. L. von Ungern-Sternberg had its stone church - which is dedicated to Jesus - built in memory of his son Gustav, who had taken his…
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Emmaste Church
Construction of this stone church started in 1866, after the Sõru wooden church near the Emmaste Manor became usable. The land for the new church was presented to the congregation by the lady of the…
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Karja Catherine Church
Karja church was built in the beginning of 14th century. The church has retained almost unchanged its initial shape. The church is one-naved and doesn't have bell tower. On top of the altar are…
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Kuressaare Episcopal Castle
Stone castle history starts already from the Long Hermann tower built in the end of 13th century that was the central tower of circle-walled castle type of fortress. The convent type castle task was…
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Saint Martin's Church in Valjala
The construction of Valjala Church was started in 1227. The oldest part of the church is the choir room to which the nave was later added. At Valjala Church you can see a Romanesque baptismal font…
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St. Mary's Church in Pöide
The Pöide Church was built in the middle of the 14th century on the ruins of the Pöide Order Castle. The existence of the castle is witnessed by the ruins lying under ground north of the church…
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Muhu St Catherine’s Church
Muhu Church has been mentioned in chronicles since 1267. The church is a beautiful building in early Gothic style. The interior of Muhu Church boasts high ceilings with high domical arches and cross…
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Eliisabet's Church
Eliisabet's Church, inaugurated in 1750, is the most outstanding sacral building of the Baroque period in Estonia. The beautiful church in the centre of Pärnu invites you to step in and look around…
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Türi Püha Martini kirik (St. Martin’s Church in Türi)
The three-naved medieval church of Türi was built in the 13th century. The interior of the church is embellished with a pulpit dating back to 1630 and an altar by Christian Ackermann, constructed in…
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Rapla Maarja-Magdaleena Church
This Rapla church is the only rural church with two towers in Estonia. The New Roman style building that was consecrated in 1901 was designed by Baltic German architect Rudolf von Engelhardt, and is…
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St. Birgitta’s Convent Ruins
The history of the ruins rising above the banks of the Pirita River date back to 1407, when the largest nunnery in Old Livonia was founded here. The convent that got its name from St. Birgitta that…
