Tallinn Dominican monastery

 59 ° 26'15 ″ N., 24 ° 44'52 ″ E.

The monks of the Dominican order arrived in Reval around 1229. Initially they settled on Tompea, but soon left it and in 1260 founded the Church of St. Catherine. The Dominican monastery arose around it. It developed until the 16th century, when it was destroyed in 1525 during the Reformation. The monastery was burned. During the rule of the Protestant Swedes, the monastery finally fell into decay. Catholic church returned here after 1710, during the rule of the Russian Empire. Today, the preserved buildings of the monastery display medieval tombstones, the oldest of which dates back to 1381.

Tags: castles and fortresses, 13 century, 16 century, Teutonic Order (Livonia)