Tartu

Tartu by sarah

2 January 2009, 22:36
Filed under: estonia | Tags: tartu

Tartu in southern Estonia was settled from the 5th century.  The crusading Livonian Knights took the town finally in 1224, establishing a bishopric, and, by the time of an attack by Dmitri of Novgorod (son of Alexander Nevsky) in 1262, a settlement of German merchants and artisans had developed.  Tartu (or Dorpat at the time) joined the Hanseatic League in the 1280s.

Webcam (town hall square)

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