Estonia
Church of the Holy Spirit
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The 14th-century Holy Spirit Church is a spectacular structure inside Tand out, from its wood interior to elaborate facade clock.
This radiantly white church with its distinctive octagonal tower stands just off Town Hall Square.
. Don't miss the carved wood interior which includes such treasures as a unique 15th century altar by the famous Lübeck artist Bernt Notke, and one of the oldest pulpits in Estonia, dating to 1597.
The church was originally founded as part of the neighbouring Holy Spirit Almshouse, which tended to the town's sick and elderly. Throughout medieval times it remained the primary church of the common folk. After the Reformation, it was here the first sermons were ever given in the Estonian language (as opposed to German), and a catechism published in 1535 by the church's pastor Johann Koell is thought to be the first book in Estonian.
