Maardu Maart

In the 1660s Fabian von Fersen, governor of Riga, raised a two-story stone Baroque house. Unlike so many others, Maardu came through the Great Northern War intact and passed in 1747 to the von Breverns, who held it for nearly two centuries. After years as a school and a state-farm office, it found new life as the Bank of Estonia’s representative house.

Built / first recorded

1660s

Style

Early Baroque

Condition

Restored

County

Harju County · Jõelähtme

German name

Maart

Owners

• von Taube16. saj–1663
• von Fersen1663–18. saj
• von Brevern1747–1919

Good to know

• It is one of the few 17th-century stone manor houses in Estonia to survive the Great Northern War.
• A three-kilometer avenue leads to the manor from the Tallinn–Narva highway.
• A windmill stands on a hill to the east.

Photos through time

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