Pirita convent

[2] The idea of founding the monastery dates to merchants (H. Huxer, G. Kruse, H. Swalbart) of Tallinn of around 1400.

The main church of the monastery was consecrated on 15 August 1436 by the Bishop of Tallinn, Heinrich II.

The decline of the convent started after the adoption of the Protestant reformation in Estonia in 1525, although it was allowed to continue to function.

During the Livonian War in 1577, Pirita Convent was attacked by Russian troops under the leadership of Ivan the Terrible.

Pirita Convent was abandoned since then, but local people used adjacent lands as a cemetery.