Piiroja Jaam

Piiroja Jaam is a railway station in Matsuri küla, Setomaa Parish, Võru County. Piiroja Jaam is situated nearby to the hamlet Matsuri, as well as near the church Säpina Eukterion.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Koidula railway station and Säpina Eukterion.

Koidula railway station

Railway station

Photo: Tibukonn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Koidula railway station is a railway station in Koidula, Estonia, on the Russian border. It merges the Tartu–Pechory and Valga–Pechory railways just before the Russian border. Koidula railway station is situated 1 km south of Piiroja Jaam.

Säpina Eukterion

Church

Photo: Esthonos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Säpina Eukterion is a church, which is situated 740 metres north of Piiroja Jaam.

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 3 km southwest of Piiroja Jaam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Matsuri and Setomaa.

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.

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.

Pechory

Town

Photo: Ludvig14, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pechory is a town and the administrative centre of Pechorsky District in the Pskov Oblast, Russia. Its population in the 2010 Census was 11,195, having fallen from 13,056 recorded in the 2002 Census and 11,935 in the 1989 Census. Pechory is situated 4 km southeast of Piiroja Jaam.

Piiroja Jaam

Type: Railway station
Also known as: “Pechory”
Category: transportation
Location: Matsuri küla, Setomaa Parish, Võru County, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude

57.84583° or 57° 50′ 45″ north

Longitude

27.58028° or 27° 34′ 49″ east

Elevation

69 metres (226 feet)

Open location code

9G99RHWJ+84

GeoNames ID

794226

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