Tartu Old Town ( et, Tartu vanalinn) is the oldest part of

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

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 ...

. The centre of the old town is Raekoja plats. In 1775 the Great Fire of Tartu occurred and almost all infrastructure was destroyed. Today's old town consists of mainly buildings which are built from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The old town is protected via Tartu heritage conservation area ( et, Tartu muinsuskaitseala).

Notable buildings

Tartu Cathedral Tartu Cathedral ( et, Tartu toomkirik), earlier also known as Dorpat Cathedral (german: Dorpater Domkirche), is a former Catholic church in Tartu (Dorpat), Estonia. The building is now an imposing ruin overlooking the lower town. In the small ...

Main building of Tartu University Main building of Tartu University ( et, Tartu Ülikooli peahoone) is the main building of the University of Tartu. This building is one of the most notable examples of classical style Classical architecture usually denotes architecture which i ...

St. John's Church, Tartu St. John's Church, Tartu ( et, Jaani kirik, german: St. Johanniskirche zu Dorpat) is a Brick Gothic Lutheran church, one of the landmarks of the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is dedicated to John the Baptist. History Initially, St John's was a ...

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