Purtse Castle

Purtse Castle
Purtse mõis
Ida-Viru County, Estonia
Purtse Castle is located in Estonia
Purtse Castle
Purtse Castle
Coordinates59°25′08″N 27°00′46″E / 59.4190°N 27.0129°E / 59.4190; 27.0129
TypeFortified manor
Site history
Built16th century (16th century)
Built byJohann von Taube

Purtse Castle (Estonian: Purtse mõis, German: Alt-Isenhof) is a castle of a local Purtse knight manor in Purtse, northeastern Estonia. 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. The building therefore contains partly elements which were archaic even for its time, and partly examples of renaissance architecture.