Landscape
Tori paljand ja koopad
German: Torgel
Below Tori church, the left bank of the Pärnu River is a sandstone cliff about 500 metres long, and its largest cave, about seven metres long, is the famous Tori Hell. Hupel described it as early as the 1770s, a 23-metre passage caved in in 1908, and the cave has kept crumbling ever since. Locals also called it Kurjama auk, the Evil One's hole. A legend warns against mocking the underground folk: a lord of Tori manor had an old horse thrown into the hole, and next morning he found a feast laid in a great hall below, with the horse's meat on the table and knives and forks ready.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Tori kiriku all on Pärnu jõe vasak kallas umbes 500 meetri pikkune liivakivipank, mille suurim, umbes seitsme meetri pikkune koobas on kuulus Tori põrgu. Hupel kirjeldas seda juba 1770. aastatel, 1908. aastal varises sisse 23-meetrine käik ja sestpeale on koobas aina lagunenud. Rahvas kutsus seda ka Kurjama auguks. Muistend hoiatab maa-aluse rahva pilkamise eest: Tori mõisnik lasi vana hobuse auku visata ja järgmisel hommikul leidis ta all suurest saalist kaetud laua, kus hobuseliha oli laual ning noad-kahvlid valmis pandud.