Medieval castle · Harju County · Lääne-Harju
Padise Abbey Padis
Cistercian monks from Dünamünde built a chapel at Padise around 1250, and in 1317 work began on a great fortified monastery. In the 1343 St. George’s Night Uprising it was burned and 28 monks were killed, so building resumed only in the 1370s and the main complex was consecrated in 1448. After the Reformation the von Ramm family lived in it until a fire in 1766 left it in ruins.
Built / first recorded 1317–1448
Style Gothic fortified monastery
Condition Lost 1766
German name Padis Today
The conserved monastery ruins are open to visitors; major conservation work was done in 2018–2019.
Owners Tsistertslaste ordu1250–1559 von Ramm1622 Good to know King Erik Menved of Denmark allowed a fortified monastery here in 1305. For nearly 150 years the abbey church served as a two-story residence. It was the first architectural monument in Harju County to be marked in newly independent Estonia. Photos through time 1827 · Padise Abbey1827 · The abbey from the southwest1867 · Padise Abbeyarchive · Padise Abbeyarchive · Padise Abbeyarchive · Padise Abbey, a drawingarchive · Padise Abbeyarchive · Inside the abbeyarchive · Padise Abbeyarchive · Padise Abbeyarchive · Padise Abbeyarchive · Padise AbbeyNearby
The buildings are stylized impressions, not surveyed models. Facts: mois.ee, Museum of Estonian Architecture, ERR, Wikipedia. Photos: MuIS and Wikimedia Commons, credited with each photo.
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