Three sacral buildings are known to have been existing in Otepää in the Middle Ages.
It is believed the St. Michael’s mentioned in 1638 was the predecessor of the current
one. Having been heavily damaged during the different wars a new chur...
It is most probable that the building of the church, one of the smallest in Estonia,
started in the first quarter of the 14th century but was interrupted frequently for unknown
reasons. Some of the demure scenes in A. H. Tammsaare’s epic novel “Tr...
Built throughout 15th–18th centuries The high bell tower of this well-maintained church on the coast serves as a lighthouse for the Gulf of Pakri. Above the pulpit (1784) there is a carved sun disc that has often been mistaken for the helm of a ship. Al...