Vacation Trip 2006 June/July 2006 Photos from Tartu, Estonia Photos in Album: 75

Welcome to the town of Tartu. Tartu is best known for the University (founded in 1632), which has had a reputation as a fine Medical School for many years.i You can visit the university at www.ut.ee

This monument was built by the Soviet government to honor the 10,000th child born in the city



This is Saint John's Church, which is famed for its terra cotta statues which you can see in this photo.



These are photos taken while driving to Tartu



Here you can see one of my guides, the gentleman on the left. He is also an avid photographer himself. In this photo he is helping some visitors by explaining a statue there.



And this is my other guide, Aiki Jogeva. She is a great guide and made my visit to Voru an enjoyable one.



These are photos of a typical neighborhood here.



Here we are on the Valuoja River



This plaque tells the story of this bridge. You can zoom it to full size to make it more readable.



This is the stadium where the song festivals are held



Gustav Adolphus was the founder of the unniversity



Look close - are those people or a painting?






No, the photo is not at an angle, the buildin really does slant






This is Kristian Jaak Peterson, Estonia's first poet, who is rumored to have walked all the way to Tartu from Riga in order to study here. He died quite young at 21 of tuberculosis.



This is Karl Ernst von Baer, founder of the study of embryology



This plaque tells the story of Toome Hill.



One of the only remaining parts of the old city wall.



This plaque tells the story of the observatory.




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