Pyrite (microdistrict)

Located on the shores of the Gulf of Tallinn . Area - 1.73 km ^{2 [2]} . It borders on the microdistricts of Merivialia , Mähe , Kloostrimetza , Kose and Maaryamäe . The mouth of the Pirita River is located in the microdistrict.

The main streets are Merivialja tee, Randvere tee, Kloostrimetsa tee, Pirita tee, Rummu tee ^[3] .

The number of inhabitants of the Pirita microdistrict as of January 1 of each year ^[2] :

* Note: as of January 2

In the XV century, simultaneously with the construction of the monastery of St. Brigitte, a village appeared nearby, according to written sources of 1407, which was called Marienthal . Before the Second World War, the vicinity of the monastery was not part of Tallinn, and officially this area was called the village of Pirita . There were 3 residential buildings, and all of them were built in 1902 . Compact buildings in the vicinity of the former monastery began to arise from 1908 . ^[one]

The microdistrict is the central part of the Pirita district, where the district government is located, the Sailing Center , erected for the 1980 Summer Olympic Games and in 1999 entered into the State Register of Cultural Monuments of Estonia ^[4] , the Pirita Sports Complex (velodrome), the ruins of St. Brigitte Monastery ( entered in the State Register of Cultural Monuments of Estonia ^[5] ), as well as shops, hotels and the famous sea beach.

In the microdistrict, bus routes number 1A, 6, 8, 34A, 38, 49 ^[6] .

The main buildings of the microdistrict are individual residential buildings. In the 2000s , the construction of small houses began in the microdistrict. The surroundings of the Sailing Center ^[7] became a particularly popular and prestigious place for new development. Despite the protests of local residents ^{[8] [9]} , apartment building in the microdistrict continues, new compact residential complexes are given sonorous names: “Sailing Residence” ( Est. Purje Residents , between Regati and Purye Streets), “Garden Town Masti” ( est Aedlinnak Masti , on Masti Street) ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]} . At the end of the 2000s, a luxury apartment complex called “Pirita Beach Apartments & SPA” ^[14] was also rebuilt in the famous Pirita beachfront building.

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  Aerial photo of Pirita microdistrict

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  Entrance to the monastery of St. Brigitte

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  Pirita estuary

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  Beach and Pirita Beach Apartments & SPA

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  Pirita Beach in October

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  Velodrome in Pirita

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  Masti Street in 2017

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  Crossroads of Pirita and Rummu Streets

• Pirita (district)
• Olympic Sailing Center
• Monastery of St. Brigitte