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Memorial or cemetery · 1450

Võõpsu Cemetery

In Võõpsu village in Setomaa lies a former village cemetery whose beginnings are unknown; people were probably being buried here already in the 15th century, and burials stopped around the middle of the 19th. Today houses and gardens stand on the old graveyard, and the Tartu–Petseri road runs right past it, possibly even across it. What still marks the place is the Võõpsu tsässon, the small Orthodox village chapel that stands on the cemetery ground.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Setomaal Võõpsu külas asub endine külakalmistu, mille rajamise lugu ei ole teada; arvatavasti maeti siia juba 15. sajandil ja matmine lõppes umbes 19. sajandi keskel. Tänapäeval seisavad vanal surnuaial majad ja aiad ning Tartu–Petseri tee läheb otse selle kõrvalt, võib-olla isegi üle kalmistu. Paika tähistab endiselt Võõpsu tsässon – väike õigeusu külakabel, mis seisab kalmistu maal.

Map of the area around Võõpsu Cemetery
58.07923° N, 27.54412° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%B5%C3%B5psu_kalmistu ↗

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