Tourist Attractions & Sightseeing

Built in 1340 the Jesuits turned it to their Southern Estonian head-quarters in the Middle Ages. When destroyed in 1558 in the next clash between the Livonian Order and the Russians its collapsed walls provided stones for building the new castle, the en...

The crusaders of Sword Brethren conquered the hill fort at the place of later main castle in 1223. A year later, construction of stone fortifications started. Viljandi was chosen as the high seat of the order. The convent house, a typical form of cas...