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Alutaguse Rural Municipality, Estonia

Pühtitsa Convent

Alutaguse Rural Municipality, Estonia

Pühtitsa Convent
Photo: Kaiti Lillipuu · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee · Wikimedia Commons

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Pühtitsa Convent is an Eastern Orthodox women's monastery in Alutaguse Rural Municipality, Ida-Viru County, Estonia, lying between Lake Peipus and the Gulf of Finland. Founded in 1891, it is one of the largest Orthodox monastic communities in the Baltic states. Its architecture is in the Russian Revival style, and it is recognised as an architectural monument.

Movement

Built
Type
monastery, eastern orthodox monastery
Heritage
architectural monument
Place
Alutaguse Rural Municipality, Estonia

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Location

59.19917, 27.53500