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Keila-Joa Manor

German: Fall-Schloß

Keila-Joa Manor

Count Alexander von Benckendorff, head of the Tsar's secret police and the man remembered for hounding the poet Pushkin, bought Keila-Joa in 1827 for the beauty of its waterfall. He had a young, then unknown St Petersburg architect, Andrei Stackenschneider, design a castle-like house right beside the falls, finished in spring 1833 and one of the first neo-Gothic buildings in Estonia. The estate later passed to the Volkonsky princes. After 1940 it was used by the military, including an Abwehr spy school in 1942–1944. Restored after 2010, the house is now a hotel and restaurant.

Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today

Eesti keeles

Krahv Alexander von Benckendorff, keisri salapolitsei juht, keda mäletatakse ka poeet Puškini tagakiusajana, ostis Keila-Joa 1827. aastal just joa ilu pärast. Ta lasi noorel ja tollal tundmatul Peterburi arhitektil Andrei Stackenschneideril kavandada joa kõrvale rüütlilinnust meenutava härrastemaja, mis valmis 1833. aasta kevadel ja oli üks esimesi uusgooti hooneid Eestis. Hiljem päris mõisa Volkonskite vürstisuguvõsa. 1940. aastast kasutas seda sõjavägi, aastatel 1942–1944 tegutses seal Abwehri luurekool. Pärast 2010. aastat taastatud hoones on praegu majutusasutus ja restoran.

Map of the area around Keila-Joa Manor
59.39701° N, 24.29557° E · Map: Maa- ja Ruumiamet

Source: https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keila-Joa_mõis ↗

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