Manor
Mäo Manor
German: Mexhof
Mäo's last owner before the 1919 land reform was Alexandra von Grünewaldt, a niece of the famous Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. The manor's two-storey baroque stone house was built at the end of the 17th century, destroyed in the Great Northern War and raised again on the surviving walls in the 18th century. In the first third of the 19th century it was lengthened in classicist style and given Venetian windows and a four-columned portico. It fell into ruin in the 1960s–1970s, and restoration started at the end of the 1980s, though only the shell survives and most of its details are gone. It now lies within Paide.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Mäo viimane omanik enne 1919. aasta maareformi oli Alexandra von Grünewaldt, kuulsa vene helilooja Nikolai Rimski-Korsakovi vennatütar. Mõisa kahekorruseline barokne kivist peahoone ehitati 17. sajandi lõpus, see hävis Põhjasõjas ja ehitati 18. sajandil säilinud müüridele uuesti üles. 19. sajandi esimesel kolmandikul pikendati hoonet klassitsistlikus stiilis ning see sai Veneetsia aknad ja nelja sambaga portikuse. 1960.–1970. aastatel muutus maja varemeks ja 1980. aastate lõpul hakati seda taastama, kuid alles on vaid majakarp ja enamik detaile on hävinud. Mõisasüda jääb nüüd Paide linna piiresse.