View From The Northeast
The massive walls of the nave, erected between 1240 and 1270, are punctuated with coupled window openings. In contrast with these archaic forms stands the polygonal apse, built in the second half of the 14th century, also probably after the damage of the St. George's Night Uprising (1343–1345). The church, which is constructed of carefully hewn stone blocks, has late Gothic forms. The master builders of Central European origin, who built the stronghold of Kuressaare, evidently also worked here.
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