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Ruins · Tartu · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Tartu Cathedral

Tartu Cathedral is a ruin in Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 18 of the 21 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 30 m you'll find a bench.

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The story

Audio tour · Tartu Cathedral

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You're standing at Tartu Cathedral, or rather, at what's left of it. Up here on Cathedral Hill you'll see a huge brick ruin. Look at the two massive towers on the west side. They look more like a fortress than a church. They were once sixty-six metres tall. A French traveller who came by in 1726 wrote that they were at least as high as the towers of Notre-Dame in Paris.

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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Facilities near Tartu Cathedral

The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.

Well-known points of interest nearby

21 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 18 of the 21 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.

Tartu Old Observatory
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Tartu Old Observatory · 340 m

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