Tartu after a summer downpour - a photo on Flickriver

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Tartu (in Southern Estonian, Tarto; in German and Swedish, Dorpat) is an Estonian city located in the southeast of the country, in Tartu County. It is the second most populated city in the country with about 93,000 inhabitants in 2016, only behind the capital Tallinn.

The development of Tartu has been linked to the history of southern Estonia itself. The first mention of Tartu is believed to date back to 1030 and refers to the siege and capture of the fortification by Kievan Rus'. In the Baltic Crusades of the early 13th century, Tartu was captured by the Livonian Brothers and made the capital of the bishopric of Dorpat (1224-1558). It has subsequently been under the control of the Two-Nation Republic, the Swedish Empire and the Russian Empire, until Estonia proclaimed its independence in 1918 and imposed the current toponym.

Tartu is considered the cultural capital of Estonia.5​6​7​ The most important institution is the University of Tartu, founded in 1632 by Gustav II Adolf of Sweden and the country's main academy. During romantic nationalism, Estonian intellectuals organized the first edition of the Estonian Song Festival – currently in Tallinn – and the first theatrical performance in the Estonian language. Today the city is home to the Ministry of Education and Research, the Supreme Court, the Estonian National Museum and the Tartu Observatory.

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