Church or chapel · 1450
Pirita Convent
Pirita convent in Tallinn was a Bridgettine house for both nuns and monks, the idea of three Tallinn merchants around 1400, among them Heinrich Swalbart, who later supervised the building; two monks from Vadstena in Sweden came in 1407 to advise them. Its main church, consecrated on 15 August 1436, was with 1,360 square metres the largest church in medieval Estonia, and several of the founding merchants became monks there. The convent survived the Reformation, but in 1577, during the Livonian War, Ivan the Terrible's troops sacked and burned it. It has stood in ruins ever since, while local people used the land around it as a cemetery.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Tallinnas asunud Pirita klooster oli birgitiinide klooster nii nunnadele kui munkadele ja sai alguse umbes 1400. aastal kolme Tallinna kaupmehe mõttest; üks neist, Heinrich Swalbart, juhatas hiljem ehitust ning 1407. aastal tulid neid nõustama kaks munka Rootsist Vadstenast. 15. augustil 1436 pühitsetud peakirik oli 1360 ruutmeetriga keskaegse Eesti suurim kirik ja mitmed asutajatest kaupmehed said seal munkadeks. Klooster elas reformatsiooni üle, kuid 1577. aastal Liivi sõjas rüüstasid ja põletasid selle Ivan Julma väed. Sestpeale seisab see varemetes ning kohalikud kasutasid ümbritsevat maad kalmistuna.