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...
The Renaissance pulpit in this church is the oldest preserved in the Baltics having its
frame from 1554 and stairs and sound-box from the 17th century. Though the church is
built in the 15th century there is knowledge that a priest was in Rannu al...
Location: Vändra alev, Vändra vald (alev), Pärnumaa
Vändra church, a humble building from the 18th century, sets in the
parish that once was a part of Alempois, an independent parish of
ancient Estonia. It is not the first church on the Church Hill, nor in
the parish, the ones in close by Kalmar...
The current 1843 built church is the third on this spot. The first was probably erected in the 14th century but was severely damaged in a fire in 1556. Underway of plumbering a number of skeletons and other items emerged and turned out to originate from...
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