EST
Siin jõesuus on inimesed elanud juba 11 000 aastat. AD 1251 pühitseti Saare-Lääne piiskopkonna Pärnu toomkirik ja esimene linn jõe paremal kaldal oli rajatud. Tosin aastat hiljem see rüüstati ja kodanikud asutasid jõe vasakule kaldale ordulinna Uus-Pärnu. 14. sajandiil kujunes sellest Hansalinn, 16. sajandil administratiivkeskus. 17. sajandil ülikoolilinn, 18. sajandil taas kaupmeeste linn, 19. sajandil kuurortlinn ja 20. sajandil Eesti suvepealinn.
ENG
People have lived here, at the mouth of the river, for 11,000 years. In 1251 AD, the Episcopal Pärnu Dome Church of the Saare-Lääne diocese was inaugurated and the first town was established on the right bank of the river. A dozen years later it was vandalised, and the residents established an Order Town, New-Pärnu, on the left bank of the river. In the 14th century it developed into a Hanseatic town, and in the 16th century it became an administrative centre. In the 17th centre it became a university town, in the 18th century once again a town of merchants, in the 19th century a health resort, in the 20th century the summer capital of Estonia, and in the 21st century an experience resort along the Baltic Sea.