The ruins of the monastery of St. Birgitta located 6 miles East of the old town. This area is called pyrite, and is one of the most prestigious in the city. A calm, peaceful place great for emotional recovery. Already on the road in this quiet place, You will cover the rest. The road to the monastery runs along the seaside Boulevard and Park of Kadriorg, the way you have wonderful views over the water and the spires of the old town will give You rest, will put in order all the thoughts and feelings that energize You.

The monastery was founded in 1407, with the support of 3 wealthy merchants of Tallinn. The structure belonged to the order of St. Birgitta in Sweden. Your name, the order was named after the Swedish Brigitte Gudmarsson, who was canonized in 1391. The architecture of the monastery looked like a typical for those times sacral building in late Gothic style. Initially, the monastery was a wooden structure that in the first half of the 15th century was replaced by a stone. The completion of the construction and consecration of the monastery dates from the year 1436.

The feature is that lived in the monastery and the monks and nuns, and their paths have never crossed. In the building for men and women separately located and separated the two yards. In the Northern part of the monastery of St. Bridget nuns lived, and in the South the monks. Even during worship, the monks were directly in the Church, and the female part of the Lord's servants, were placed on a special balcony.

Unfortunately, the short history of the monastery, he did not last two centuries. In 1577 during the Livonian war sacral building was destroyed and to this day the ruins of the monastery. In particular, today we can see only a rectangular Church walls. The area in front of the monastery was used as a cemetery. Limestone sepulchral crosses, still in rows facing the ruins of the monastery date back to the nineteenth century.

Currently the ruins of the monastery turned into a unique attraction and a great place to stay. Every year it celebrates the day of the monastery, passing along with the traditional fair under the open sky. Also majestic ruins is a place for concerts and tours.

In 2001 next to the ruins was built a new building, which became home to nuns of the order of St. Bridget. Under the new monastery there is a small hotel which guests can become not only Catholics.

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