Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

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.   

The church was built between the 13th and 14th centuries and it is one of the oldest medieval churches in Central Estonia with a pseudo-Gothic interior from the 19th century.   A tomb monument (1800) to General Fersen lies the choi...

This medieval church was built in the 14th century and restored in 1875. The church has thick walls and a pseudo-Gothic West tower. The altar painting “Come to me” is made of stained glass (Ernst Tode, 1903). The gallery balustrade is decorated wi...