Memorial or cemetery · 1811
Monument of Nations
In Toome valley stands Tartu's oldest surviving monument, a square red-brick pillar topped with a copper ball and cross, built in 1811 to drawings by Johann Wilhelm Krause. Beneath it lie the bones of people buried over five centuries at Tartu's old St Mary's church and its graveyard, which had to give way to the new university main building; in 1806 their remains were reburied in the Toome moat. Copper plates explain this in Tartu Estonian, German, Russian and Latin. In September 1985 bones found that summer in the cellars of the main building were laid here too.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Toomeorus seisab Tartu vanim säilinud mälestussammas – neljakandiline punastest tellistest sammas vaskkera ja ristiga, ehitatud 1811. aastal Johann Wilhelm Krause jooniste järgi. Selle all puhkavad inimesed, keda viie sajandi jooksul maeti Tartu vana Maarja kiriku juurde ja surnuaeda; need pidid andma ruumi ülikooli peahoonele ning 1806. aastal maeti luud ümber Toomemäe vallikraavi. Vaskplaadid jutustavad sellest tartu, saksa, vene ja ladina keeles. 1985. aasta septembris maeti siia ka samal suvel peahoone keldritest välja kaevatud inimluud.
Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahvaste_m%C3%A4lestussammas ↗