Rahumäe Manor

Rahumäe, also called Priitolmi, is a young manor: it was created only in 1873, when it was split off from the large Räpina estate, and its German name Friedholm means 'peace hill', just like its Estonian one. From the start until the 1919 expropriation it belonged to the von Sivers family, the last owner being Friedrich von Sivers. Its charm lies in the wooden main house, built around 1880 on a high plinth, whose gables are decorated with intricate wooden fretwork, like lace cut from boards. A large and handsome park still surrounds it, though the outbuildings have vanished or been heavily rebuilt.