{"id":600954,"date":"2026-02-11T18:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitharju.ee\/?post_type=visitestonia&#038;p=600954"},"modified":"2026-03-30T08:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T05:58:36","slug":"church-of-blessed-virgin-mary-puha-neitsi-maarja-in-joelahtme","status":"publish","type":"visitestonia","link":"https:\/\/visitharju.ee\/en\/church-of-blessed-virgin-mary-puha-neitsi-maarja-in-joelahtme\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of Blessed Virgin Mary (P\u00fcha Neitsi Maarja) in J\u00f5el\u00e4htme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>J\u00f5el\u00e4htme Church<\/strong> is one of the oldest churches in Estonia. The church was originally made of wood, and it was\u00a0established during the period of the Danes\u2019 conquest at the beginning of the 1220s. In written records, the Church of Blessed Virgin Mary in J\u00f5el\u00e4htme is first mentioned in 1241, and according to the mediaeval administrative system, it belonged to the Tallinn Dome Church.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0present-day appearance of the church has come to being in three major stages, finally acquiring the traditional \u201ctriple jump\u201d silhouette group. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the valuable cultural monuments have remained, such as the Renaissance-style pulpit from 1639, and the Baroque altar from 1670. 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