Võru is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Commune.
Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, by the order of Riga Governor general count G.Browne, on the place of former Võru estate.
The town is situated on the shore of Lake Tamula.
Võru Folk Festival takes place every year in Võru.
Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald, the author of Estonian national epic "Kalevipoeg", lived in Võru from 1833 to 1877.
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