Piusa
Piusa is a village in Võru Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia. It is located on the left bank of the river Piusa, near the border of Russia. Piusa is famous for its sand caves along the river.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Piusa railway station and Võmmorski New Eukterion.
Võmmorski New Eukterion
Church
Photo: Reinvein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Võmmorski New Eukterion is a church, which is situated 2½ km east of Piusa.
Võmmorski Old Eukterion
Church
Photo: Reinvein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Old Võmmorski Chapel is a small Seto chapel in the village of Võmmorski, Setomaa Parish, Võru County in southeastern Estonia. The chapel was built about 1911 and was dedicated for Whitsunday, also known as Pentecost. Võmmorski Old Eukterion is situated 2½ km east of Piusa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matsuri and Orava.
Matsuri
Hamlet
Matsuri is a village in Setomaa Parish, Võru County, in southeastern Estonia, on the border with Russia. The Tartu–Pechory, Valga–Pechory railways and Karisilla–Pechory road all pass Matsuri and cross the border in neighbouring Koidula. Matsuri is situated 5 km east of Piusa.
Orava
Hamlet
Photo: Kruusamägi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Orava is a village in Võru Parish, Võru County, South East Estonia. Orava railway station on Tartu-Pechory railway line is located around 3 km north of the village. It is second station on the Edelaraudtee Koidula - Tartu route. Orava is situated 6 km north of Piusa.
Setomaa
Setomaa is in Võru County in southeastern Estonia. Everything in Setomaa is the same as in Estonia, just completely different. Setomaa has always been a border area — between Western and Eastern culture and religion — and because of this it has its own kind of people who are neither this or that, just Setos.Piusa
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in Võru Rural Municipality, Võru County, Estonia
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Piusa küla, Võru Parish, Võru County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
57.83813° or 57° 50′ 17″ northLongitude
27.49286° or 27° 29′ 34″ eastElevation
60 metres (197 feet)Open location code
9G99RFQV+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 1973429444OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Võro—“Piusa” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Պիուսա”
- Belarusian: “Піўза (вёска)”
- Belarusian: “Піўза”
- Bulgarian: “Пиуса”
- Chinese: “Piusa”
- Chinese: “皮乌察”
- Dutch: “Piusa”
- Estonian: “Piusa küla”
- Estonian: “Piusa”
- French: “Piusa”
- German: “Piusa”
- Hungarian: “Piusa”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Piusa”
- Polish: “Piusa”
- Russian: “Пиуза”
- Spanish: “Piusa”
- Swedish: “Piusa”
- Ukrainian: “Піуза”
- Ukrainian: “Піуса”
- Volapük: “Piusa”
- Võro: “Piusa”
- “Piusa”
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