Kiiu Vassal Stronghold

About

It is located in Kiiu Manor Park. The central building in the mediaeval Kiiu Manor – the tower – was probably completed in the first quarter of the 16th century. It may be presumed that the construction work that was started during the time of Baron Fabian von Tiesenhausen who was the host of Kiiu for more than fifty years (1517–1566) was performed with the help of Kolga lay brothers before the liquidation of the local landed property in 1519 that used to belong to the Gotland Roma monastery. Thus the folk story does not call Kiiu a monk tower without purpose. The defensive structure that resembles the body of a windmill at a distance and which was brought to ruins in the interim years was restored under the leadership of art historian Villem Raam in 1974.