The exact time of setting Sõru harbor is unknown. Being located to a strategically
important spot boats and smaller sailing ships have been landing here for at least 600
years. In 1890 a plan was made to build a bridge for the police’s little boat...
Building of the St Catherine’s Orthodox Church in Võru began in 1793. It is an early neo-classical church (architect Matthias Schons) with numerous icons and a beautiful iconostasis from the early 19th century.