Hatanpaan Kartano

The name Hatanpaa is one of the oldest in the Tampere area, and the village of Hatanpaa, consisting then of three houses, is mentioned already in the oldest preserved land register from the year 1540. In 1698 the houses were joined into one, and the first main building of Hatanpaa Manor was built during baron Hans Henrik Boije's time (1758-1778). The old wooden building was destroyed in a fire at the time when counsellor Nils Johan Idman was squire of the Manor. The new Hatanpaa Manor was built in 1883-1885. The style of the building is mostly Neo-Renaissance, but there are also some Baroque traits in the facade.

A wonderful rose garden has been built on the spot where the manor's orchard used to be, and the Hatanpaa Arboretum was also later established in the area. The so-called Vapaamuurarin Hauta (the Freemason's Grave), an old stone onto which a Gospel verse (the Freemasons' motto) has been engraved in Greek, is in the park. Villa Idman is also within the manor area, built for bank manager Idman in 1898. After running Hatanpaa Manor for almost a hundred years, the Idman family got into financial trouble, and so the whole Manor and the area were handed over to the city of Tampere in 1913. Later, Hatanpaa Hospital was added to the manor area. Today a Museum of Dolls and Costumes operates in the Hatanpaa Manor main building.

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