Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

The history of this only brick church in Southern Estonia goes back to dark and unknown time of 1159. Despite being ravaged by every war there was the church has mostly remained its original looks. Having had a defence purpose in the beginning it ...

The church is probably built in the 13th century. What makes it different among the other churches in Järva county is that it has two portals, one in the west and one in the south which judging by its rich decoration marked the main entrance once. In 19...

Right after the Ordelian conquest in 1227 a chapel was built to Valjala. A layer of its walls is still there as is a fragment of the paintings that beautified the chapel--the church stands on top of the chapel. There are also pieces of the Vikings relat...