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May 4, 2008

Our town Tartu

Filed under: Estonia — hellean200 @ 12:50 pm
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Tartu is a university town and a city of youth!

The time-honoured university, museum-rich and Hanseatic city of Tartu lies on the banks of the River Emajõgi. The capital of sothern Estonia is the second largest city in the country (here lives ~100 000 people) and the oldest in the Baltic States (from 1030). Tartu is a modern city with a rich historical heritage and culture.

Center of Tartu and river Emajõgi (Mothers river) Town Hall

It is the cradle of the Estonian Song Festival, Estonian theatre and the Estonian state; Tartu is the intellectual capital of Estonia where national awareness and the culture of Estonia was born.

Univercity

Snail Tower

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