TARTU

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TARTU
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Tartu - city of good thoughts

• The time-honoured university, museum-rich and
  Hanseatic city of Tartu lies on the banks of the
  River Emajõgi. The capital of southern Estonia is
  the second largest city in the country and the
  oldest in the Baltic States. Tartu is a modern
  city with a rich historical heritage and culture.
  One of Tartu s most important historical
  monuments is the St. Johns Church with its
  thousand terracotta sculptures. In and around
  Tartu are abundant opportunities for recreation
  and leisure.

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THE OLD TOWN
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THE OLD TOWN
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Town Hall Square (Raekoja plats)

• The central Tartu Town Hall Square is surrounded
  by buildings built in the classical style. Since
  1998 the square is decorated by the Kissing
  Students fountain. Throughout centuries the
  centre of town activity has been Town Hall
  Square, the history of which goes back to ancient
  times. At that time the market place was the
  square lying between the fortress on Toome Hill
  and the harbour on the banks of the Emajõgi
  River. This tradition persisted for centuries.
  During the medieval period the Town Hall was
  built here. The present building is the third one
  in the same place.

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Town Hall

• On the first floor of the present Town Hall
  building were a jail and public scale hall, on
  the upper floors the town council. The Town Hall
  was planned by the town building chief of the
  time, Johann Heinrich Bartholomäus Walter from
  Rostock. The corner stone was laid in 1782, and
  though the official opening was in 1786 the
  finishing work went on up through 1789. 

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Raekoja Square 18

• The longitudinal wall of the building toward the
  river was built on the basis of the old town
  wall, while the other side was built on a new
  foundation. This is why the house is now askew
  and is popularly called the Tower of Pisa.

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Arched Bridge

• In the 18th century the first stone bridge in the
  Baltics was built at the end of the Town Hall
  Square, with two triumph arches and a lifting
  centre, which was dedicated to Catherine II and
  was opened for traffic in 1784. The bridge was
  destroyed in World War II, now it can only be
  admired by way of the model bridge, which was
  created in 2004.

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Observatory

• The observatory, designed by university architect
  J.W. Krause, was built at the beginning of the
  19th century. In the years 1820-1839 the director
  of the observatory was astronomer F.W. Struve,
  who acquired for the observatory the largest
  available Frauhofer refractor and published a
  general catalogue of binary stars. 

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Angels Bridge (Inglisild) on Toome Hill

• Angels Bridge, located on Toome hill, was built
  in the 19th century and spans Lossi Street. The
  bridge, designed by J.W. Krause, was built in
  1814-1816 and replaced an earlier temporary
  bridge.

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• The medieval town wall surrounded Toome hill and
  stretched between Magasini and Vabaduse streets
  on the eastern slope. On the northern slope the
  wall ran in the area of Laia Street, and on the
  southern side, in the area of Poe Street.
  Altogether there were 27 towers in the wall, 9 of
  which had gates.

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Botanical Garden

• The botanical gardens of Tartu University, which
  are among the oldest in eastern Europe, are also
  rich in sculptures. 

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Tartu University

• The main building of Tartu University is one of
  the most outstanding examples of classical
  architecture in Estonia.

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Gunpowder Cellar

• The Gunpowder Cellar was dug into the side of the
  hill in 1767 as part of the complex of the
  bishops citadel. It was used as a gunpowder
  cellar until 1809. Until 1982 it served as a
  storage room for many different enterprises, and
  was later developed into a eating place. Today
  the building hosts a beer restaurant carrying the
  same name.

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Ruins of Toome Cathedral

• The name of Tartus Toome Hill is derived from
  the Toomkirik or Toom Cathedral of the areas
  bishopric. For that time the cathedral was truly
  massive, being the largest religious building in
  all of the Liivimaa territory. Building of the
  cathedral began in the 13th century and was
  completed in 15th century as a triple-aisled
  basilica.

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Aura Keskus
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Tartu Mänguasjamuuseum

• Permanent exhibition "Dolls and toys in all
  times" based on the collections. Temporary
  exhibitions of toys.

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TÜ Zooloogiamuuseum