Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

Vastseliina monument was established in 1931 in honor of the fallen soldiers of the War of Independence in 1918-1919. The monument representing a wounded Estonian soldier was reopened in 1989.

The Orthodox church of Velise was completed in 1889. The red-brick church is designed by the government architect Ervin Bernhardt. The richness of decoration which is characteristic of the Russian art of construction was toned down to fit in with the Es...