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Rahvaste monument
Pildiallkiri: Rahvaste monument 1821. aastal
Autor: August Philipp Clara (Eesti Ajaloomuuseum).
Tartu vanim monument valmis 1811. aastal arhitekt Johann Wilhelm Krause kavandi järgi.

1809. aastal valminud ülikooli peahoone ehitati endise Maarja kiriku krundile, kuhu oli surnuid maetud juba alates 13. sajandist. Ehitusplatsilt kokku kogutud luud, mida olevat olnud 42 hobusekoorma jagu, maeti 1806. aastal ümber Toomeorgu, kuhu rajati viis aastat hiljem monument. Selle juurde on maetud ka hilisematel kaevetöödel kiriku krundilt leitud inimluud.
Mälestussamba külgedele on kirjutatud asjaolusid selgitav tekst eesti, saksa, vene ja ladina keeles, mis annab edasi toonast arusaama Tartu mitmekesisest rahvastikust. Eestikeelne tekst pole mitte tänapäeval tuntud ja kõneldud põhjaeesti oma, vaid kirja pandud Tartu murdes, mida toonases linnapildis ei võinud muidu mitte kuskil näha.

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Monument of Nations 
Monument of Nations in 1821 
Author: August Philipp Clara (Estonian History Museum)
The oldest monument in Tartu was erected in 1811 according to the design of architect Johann
Wilhelm Krause. 
The university’s main building (completed in 1809) was built on the location of the former St Mary’s
church, where the deceased had been buried since the 13th century. The bones collected from the
construction site, said to have filled 42 horse carts, were reburied in 1806 in Toome Valley, where a
monument was erected five years later. Human bones found in later excavations on the church’s site
have also been reburied there. 
Explanatory texts on the sides of the monument are in Estonian, German, Russian and Latin,
reflecting Tartu’s diverse population at the time. The Estonian-language text is not in the northern
Estonian variety known and spoken today, but in the Tartu dialect, which could not be seen
elsewhere around the city back then.