Purtse Castle

Purtse Castle (Estonian: Purtse mõis, German: Alt-Isenhof) is a castle of a local Purtse knight manor in Purtse, northeastern Estonia. It was built in the middle of the 16th century, probably by the landowner Johann von Taube, at a time when late Gothic ways of building were slowly being abandoned in favour of Renaissance ideas. The building therefore contains partly elements which were archaic even for its time, and partly examples of renaissance architecture.

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Purtse Castle ranks #2,980 of 3,691 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #14 of the 16 mapped in Estonia. See how Estonia compares in the castle statistics.

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