• Pirita Convent (Estonian: Pirita klooster) was a Bridgettine monastery for both nuns and monks, located in the district of Pirita in Tallinn, Estonia.[1]...
  • The map of Pirita Convent Ruins Park, Tallinn, Estonia. Systematic archaeological researches in Pirita Convent began in 1930.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • The idea to restore the Pirita Convent came about soon after the restoration of Estonia’s independence, following half a century of occupation.
  • The Pirita Convent operated over 150 years and was the largest nunnery in Old Livonia. It was brutally destroyed by Russian army short invasion in late January 1575.
  • The beautiful ruins of St Bridget’s Medieval Convent have stood on the bank of the river Pirita for over 4 centuries now.
  • The Pirita Convent was a monastery for both monks and nuns in Tallinn. It was dedicated to St. Brigitta and functioned from 1417 to 1575.
  • 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.
  • Pirita Convent is an abandoned Roman Catholic religious complex that dates to the 15th century. It was constructed on the North- East outskirts of Tallinn.