The guild house of John’s quarter has been in the same place
from Medieval years. Handicraftsmen of 64 different arts gathered
under its trusteeship. Nowadays there are 21 arts represented in
the guild. Visitors can observe the very process of ...
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...
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