Church or chapel · 1990
Karula Church
German: Karolen
Karula's St Mary's church at Lüllemäe in Valga county is a late medieval Gothic church of fieldstone and brick that has stood in ruins since 1944. Its short three-aisled nave and square choir with a star vault were typical of southern Estonia, and a stair high in the west wall hints that the space above the vaults was once a refuge. Built into the walls are 15th-century stone carvings: crosses, and in the choir's east wall a stone with two human figures known as the 'Karula newlyweds'. A new church, also called St Mary's, was built beside the ruin in the 1990s and finished in 1997.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Valgamaal Lüllemäe külas asuv Karula Maarja kirik on maakivist ja tellistest hiliskeskaegne gooti kirik, mis on varemeis alates 1944. aastast. Lühike kolmelööviline pikihoone ja tähtvõlviga ruudukujuline kooriruum olid Lõuna-Eesti keskajale tüüpilised ning lääneseina ülaosa trepikäik viitab, et võlvide pealset kasutati redupaigana. Müüridesse on raiutud 15. sajandi kiviraiendid: ristid ning kooriosa idaseinas kahe inimfiguuriga kivi, nn Karula noorpaar. Varemete kõrvale ehitati 1990. aastatel uus, samuti Karula Maarja kirikuks kutsutud kirik, mis valmis 1997. aastal.