Keyword "varemed"

Angerja Linnuse Varemed

The vassal fortress in Angerja was originally constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries, but was rebuilt and modernised several times thereafter. Did you know…? *The Angerja fortress is one of the oldest stone structures in Rapla County *The vassal fortress is thought to have been destroyed during the Livonian War – only...

Äntu Viinavabriku Varemed

Helme Kirikuvaremed

Helme Ordulinnuse Varemed

Käina Church Ruins

Construction on this church was started about the same time that Columbus discovered America (1492). Like in Pühalepa, it replaced a wooden church that was built a few hundred years earlier. Its walls were skillfully constructed out of pieces of limestone with a precision that would be difficult to duplicate even today. The...

Kärkna Kloostri Varemed

Karksi Ürgorg ja Ordulinnuse Varemed

Karksi valley is one of the most beautiful and famous places in Viljandimaa. Driving down along serpentine road over impounded lake Karksi appears Karksi fortress hill or bastion hill. It is believed that on the well protected by nature abrupt-sloped hill before knights conquests situated the fortress of Estonians....

Laiuse Order Fortress Ruins

The ruins of Laiuse Order Castle are located on the side of the Jõgeva-Laiuse Highway. The fortress was started at the end of the 14th century by the Livonian Order to protect the eastern frontier. In the late Middle Ages Laiuse castle, the first fortification for defence with firearms in Estonia, was completed. The walls...

Lihula Linnuse Varemed

Order Castle Ruins And Rampart Tower Of Paide

Building of Paide order castle started in 1265 under the leadership of Konrad von Mandern. Local white limestone was suitable material to build the fortification. The original tower of Tall Hermann was octagonal with the height of over 30 meters and the thickness of the walls of about 3 meters. The rampart tower and castle...

Otepää Piiskopilossi Varemed

You can see the ruins of the first known brick building in Estonia on top of the Otepää Fort. Herman I, who became the Bishop of Tartu in autumn 1224, established the first stronghold of its diocese here. A settlement, which was mainly populated by craftsmen and merchants, appeared around the bishop’s castle in the 13th...

Pirita Kloostri Varemed

Just across the Pirita River lie the majestic ruins of St. Bridget’s Convent. The largest convent in Old Livonia, St. Bridget’s was founded in 1407 as part of a Swedish religious order and functioned until its destruction by Ivan the Terrible’s forces in 1577. What remains are massive, gothic façade and walls of the main...

Puski Kiriku Varemed

Rõngu RõnguVasall-Linnuse Varemed

Rooslepa Kabeli Varemed ja Surnuaed