St. Catherine's Church

This guide to St. Catherine's Church in Tallinn opens with the Dominican friars who ran a monastery here from 1246, selling fish and brewing beer along Vene street to pay their way. It follows nearly three centuries of that busy workshop and the 1524 Reformation riot that tore through it, scattering what survived. Along the narrow passage you'll hear about the merchant and council gravestones carved between the 1300s and 1500s, including one for an alderman's wife shown at prayer with two small dogs at her feet. Look for the carved coats of arms as you walk the passage.