St John’s Lutheran Church

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Built in 1816, St John's in Valga holds the distinction of being the only oval-plan church in Estonia. Its other claim to fame is a rare 19th-century organ, the work of famed German organ-builder Friedrich Ladegast, and still in working order.

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