• They sacked the monastery, looted its riches and burned it down. Pirita Convent was abandoned since then, but local people used adjacent lands as a cemetery.
  • The map of Pirita Convent Ruins Park, Tallinn, Estonia. Systematic archaeological researches in Pirita Convent began in 1930.
  • Residences of abbesses in Estonian monastic architecture, based on the examples of St Michael’s Cistercian convent in Tallinn and the Brigittine convent in Pirita.
  • Pirita Convent (Estonian: Pirita klooster) was a monastery, for both monks and nuns dedicated to St. Brigitta, in the district of Pirita in Tallinn, Estonia.
  • The Pirita Convent or Monastery of St. Bridget is one of Tallinn’s landmarks. Its walls rise above the river bank, making the landscape complete.
  • The Pirita Monastery is located next to the ruins of the Pirita Convent and is one of the oldest monasteries in Estonia.
  • But another gem, that you can see on your way to the beach are the ruins of the old Pirita Convent, an ancient monastery in the middle of suburbs.
  • Pirita Convent (Pirita klooster) was an important 15th century nunnery of the order of St. Bridget and now stands as a picturesque ruin in modern-day Estonia.
  • The inception of the Pirita Convent can be traced back to around 1400, when the idea was put forth by Tallinn merchants H. Huxer, G. Kruse, and H. Svalbard.
  • St. Bridget’s Convent in Tallinn – the Pirita Convent.
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