Estonian Manor Houses

Recently I went on a small trip out of Tallinn and visited two Manor Houses. Before the first world war Estonia was part of Tsarist Russia, though most of the landlords were actually of German origin. Though they pretty much all left in after the war and Estonian Independence.


Palmse Manor (left) is about 30 minutes east of Tallinn. It's a Baroque mansion built in the 18th century. The von der Pahlen family lived there from 1676 to 1919, though it's first mentioned in the history books in 1287, so I'm sure there has been plenty of interesting stuff happen here. Palmse was the first Estonian mansion to be renovated.



Sagadi Manor (left) was built in 1795 by the von Focks. It's also been restored, and has a few interesting displays inside. They had an old gun display with some great old shotguns and rifles. They also had a stack of old furniture waiting to be restored on the top floor. I'm sure that when restored, or perhaps even as they are, they would fetch a decent price in an antique store.




I've got a few more pictures up of both houses on my flickr page if you'd like to see more.