57.613407, 26.395172
GPS: 57° 36' 48" N, 26° 23' 43" E
The 1821 built Neo-Gothic church in Hargla, next to Latvia, was
not the first one there. A local Latvian-Estonian congregation is
known to have existed in the 16th century. The language barrier
resulted in establishing an independent Estonian congregation.
The first church burned down during the Great Nordic War.
Location: Mäe tn 23, Otepää vallasisene linn, Valgamaa
The body of the first apotheckary in Otepää, a man called Jürvelson, was found on this
hill in 1882. The apotheckary had been poisoned. The trail itself
is four kilometers long running through the forest and by the Margus’ lake. The trail is passa...
Location: Barclay de Tolly mausoleumi park, Jõgeveste küla, Helme vald, Valgamaa
The Arch of Triumph in Valga County? No – it is the classicist mausoleum (architect Apollon Shtshedrin) that houses the sarcophaguses in which lie the embalmed bodies of Prince Michael Andrea Barclay de Tolly (1761-1818) and his wife (who died in 1828)....
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