Manor · Pärnu County · Tõstamaa
Tõstamaa Testama
The von Helmersens built a two-story early classicist house at Tõstamaa in 1804. In the 1870s the Staël von Holsteins remade it in the Historicist style, adding six Ionic columns, arched windows and a low roof. The last lord, the Sanskrit scholar Alexander Staël von Holstein, ended his life as a professor in Beijing.
Built / first recorded 1804 · remodeled 1875–1877
Style Historicism
Condition Standing
German name Testama Today
The manor houses a school and a small museum.
Owners von Helmersen17. saj–1831 Staël von Holstein1831–1919 Tõstamaa kool1921 Good to know The film “Christmas in Vigala” was partly shot in the Tõstamaa manor interiors. The last owner, Alexander Staël von Holstein, later became a Sanskrit professor at Peking University. The park has an oak with a crown about 23 m across. Photos through time archive · The drive up to Tõstamaa manorarchive · Tõstamaa manorarchive · Tõstamaa manorarchive · The Tõstamaa main house, front facade1975 · Tõstamaa manor and park2010 · Tõstamaa, 2010Nearby
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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