Vasalemma Manor (Lemmaru)

 park, estate (manor / mansion land), mansion / manor house / villa, interesting place

The estate was founded in 1825 and has belonged both to the von Ramms and von Baggehufwudts. The Vasalemma manor house is one of Estonia’s most beautiful bare limestone Neo-Gothic manor houses and it was completed in 1894. The building now houses a school. By the historical distribution the manor was in Harju-Madise Parish in Harjumaa County. By the present administrative distribution it belongs to the Vasalemma Municipality in Harjumaa County. The beautiful Neo-Gothic Vasalemma manor that has preserved in full has been built from 1890 to 1893 from local dolomite, the so-called Vasalemma marble. Since 1919, the gorgeous characteristically English manor house with its octahedral ziggurat, truncated gables and high arched windows has housed a basic school. The manor has also been used as an English manor for film shots.
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