Kuressaare castle
Kuressaare Castle
The convent building of Kuressaare castle is the only medieval fortification in the Baltic
States that has not undergone considerable alterations and due to that is an internationally
important architectural monument. This castle is built of limestone. The roof is made of red
stone.
The construction of the stronghold was closely connected with the Estonians fight against
the German feudals. The first documented data about Kuressaare castle originate only from
1380s.
Kuressaare castle remained the residence for the bishops of Saare-Lääne Bishopric until the
beginning of the Livonian War. At the end of the XIV and the beginning of the XV century
the castle was surrounded by a new mighty 625 m long and 7 m high belt of walls, erected
around the old belt of walls dating from the XIII century. The necessity to improve the
defence of the castle was due to the invention and usage of firearms. The old parts of the
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