Kiiu Vassal Stronghold
Kiiu Vassal Stronghold
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It is located in Kiiu Manor Park. The central building in the mediaeval Kiiu Manor – the tower – was probably completed in the first quarter of the 16th century. It may be presumed that the construction work that was started during the time of Baron Fabian von Tiesenhausen who was the host of Kiiu for more than fifty years (1517–1566) was performed with the help of Kolga lay brothers before the liquidation of the local landed property in 1519 that used to belong to the Gotland Roma monastery. Thus the folk story does not call Kiiu a monk tower without purpose. The defensive structure that resembles the body of a windmill at a distance and which was brought to ruins in the interim years was restored under the leadership of art historian Villem Raam in 1974.
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Grete K
Oslo, Norway4 contributions
May 2024 • Family
Passed by the tower purely by chance and decided to take a small break. Turned out to be a great decision because the tower itself is pretty impressive, you can get to the top without much effort and there's a small shop inside where they sell mementos and craft beers.
Decided to do some archery while we were at it as well. Loads of fun and a great experience overall. 10/10 would recommend.
Decided to do some archery while we were at it as well. Loads of fun and a great experience overall. 10/10 would recommend.
Written 23 May 2024
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CopperTeaPot
Russia467 contributions
Aug 2016 • Couples
It is not so easy to find this tower. It located about 500 meters from road, and there are no any information sign about it. But for normal tourists it is regrettable to miss it.
Nowadays this tiny castle is managed by two elderly ladies. They are very friendly, told us a history of this castle. We went upstairs, observing all rooms. The upper floor is turned into Rapunzel room – very nice! The wooden gallery around the tower on the 3rd floor is fantastic – it was penetrated by bindweeds or other plants and looked like in real fairy tale!
Finally we drank tasty coffee with pies sitting at a table in front of the tower.
Nowadays this tiny castle is managed by two elderly ladies. They are very friendly, told us a history of this castle. We went upstairs, observing all rooms. The upper floor is turned into Rapunzel room – very nice! The wooden gallery around the tower on the 3rd floor is fantastic – it was penetrated by bindweeds or other plants and looked like in real fairy tale!
Finally we drank tasty coffee with pies sitting at a table in front of the tower.
Written 27 January 2017
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David M
6 contributions
May 2019 • Friends
Tasty & cheap coffee in an adorable tower, and a lovely owner that described the history of the tower for us, before letting us go on a little tour upstairs. The homemade food was so good we almost cleared the place out!
Written 28 May 2019
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AlterSchwede13
Boblingen, Germany1,678 contributions
Oct 2019
Nice parc, nice tower, nice stories arround. The accomanying building, which should offer an Café was closed in autumn (not totally surprising) and we could imagine that in summer this is a lifely and nice place. But not much more to say.
Written 1 November 2019
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Martins V
Riga, Latvia405 contributions
Jul 2018
The very smallest castle in Europe - just 1 tower with 4 floors. But very romantic and very sincere hostess. It will tak just 15-20 minutes to explore the castle and to enjoy very tasty coffee.
Written 29 April 2019
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