The ruins of Laiuse Order Castle are located by the side of the Jõgeva-Põltsamaa highway. The fortress was started at the end of the 14th century by the Livonian Order to protect the eastern frontier. In the late Middle Ages Laiuse castle, the first fortification for defence with firearms in Estonia, was completed. The castle was damaged in 1559 but repaired afterwards to accommodate the Swedish free-lance soldiers. At the end of the Swedish rule a showy wooden house was built, the residence of Karl XII and his escort in the winter of 1700-1701.

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