Kirikuküla is a
village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...
in
Antsla Parish
Antsla Parish ( et, Antsla vald) is a rural municipality of Estonia, in Võru County.
Settlements
;Town
Antsla
;Small boroughs
Kobela - Vana-Antsla
;Villages
Anne - Antsu - Haabsaare - Jõepera - Kaika - Kassi - Kikkaoja - Kirikukül ...
,
Võru County
Võru County ( et, Võru maakond or ''Võrumaa''; vro, Võro maakund) is a county in southern Estonia. It is bordered by Valga County and Põlva County and is the only Estonian county bordering two countries - Latvia (Alūksne Municipality and ...
in
Estonia
Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...
.
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Urvaste church dates from the early 14th century and is the only medieval rural church in Estonia built in the form of a
basilica
In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica is a large public building with multiple functions, typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek East. The building gave its name ...
. The interior dates mainly from the late 19th century.
had some of her education in the village. A memorial to Marie Heiberg which includes a bust of her has been erected beside Urvaste church.
References
Villages in Võru County
Antsla Parish
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