Purtse Castle

Purtse Castle is a castle of a local Purtse knight manor in , northeastern . 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.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: castle in Estonia
  • Address: Purtse küla, 43302

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Purtse and Püssi.

Hamlet
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is a village in , in northeastern . is best known as the location of 16th century Castle.

Town
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is a town in , , , with a population of 917 as of 2018. It is located near the road between and St. Petersburg. is situated 7 km south of Purtse Castle.

Photo: Atsirlin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is in . The name of the town translates to "stone oil", in referral to the local oil shale deposits and the industry related to it.

Purtse Castle

Latitude
59.41906° or 59° 25′ 9″ north
Longitude
27.01299° or 27° 0′ 47″ east
Open location code
9GF9C297+J5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 151554389
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q12372947
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Purtse Castle” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Kasteel Purtse”
  • Estonian: “Purtse kindlus”
  • Estonian: “Purtse kindluselamu”
  • Estonian: “Purtse linnus”
  • Estonian: “Purtse vasallilinnus”
  • Finnish: “Purtsen vasallilinna”
  • German: “Burg Alt-Isenhof”
  • German: “PURTSE VASALLLINNUS”
  • Latvian: “Purtses pils”
  • Persian: “قلعه پورتسه”
  • Ukrainian: “Миза Пуртсе”
  • Ukrainian: “Фортеця”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Purtse päästedepoo and Purtse tiik.

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Explore places such as Purtse kindlus and Purtse kindlus.

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