Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

It was on the 20th of November in 1234 that pope Gregory IX mentions a priest Theodoricus in his letter – where there is a priest there is a congregation. There is a rare limestone tile with five crosses on it in the church. Mostly such things were foun...

A church is known to have stood there in the midst of the green at least from the year 1627. The current little building from the year 1855 replaces the wooden one that had been burned down. If you see graves in the church yard that date back to t...

The St. Catherine's Church was built by order of the Russian Empress Catherine II. While visiting Pärnu, she was puzzled by the fact that the Orthodox community had only one church (the now destroyed St. John's Church) at their disposal. Completed in 17...