This is a list of castles and fortresses in Azerbaijan. There are a lot of castles in Azerbaijan which were built in ancient and medieval times. Thus the names of some castles have "qala", "divar" or "qüllə" suffixes.
Karabakh Region
Absheron Region
No. | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Baku fortress | Icheri Sheher | 12th century | Shirvanshahs | ![]() |
2 | Quadrangular Castle | Mərdəkan (Baku) | 12th century | Akhsitan I ibn Minuchihr III | |
3 | Nardaran Fortress | Baku | 1301 | Shirvanshahs | ![]() |
4 | Ramana Castle | Baku | 14th century | Shirvanshahs | ![]() |
5 | Round Castle | Sabunchu District | 1232 | Shirvanshahs | |
6 | Maiden Tower | Icheri Sheher | 9th century BC (The second time 12th century) | Shirvanshahs | ![]() |
7 | Bilgah Castle | Sabunçu, Baku | 14th century BC | Shirvanshahs | ![]() |
8 | Shagan Castle | Baku | 12th century | Shirvanshahs | ![]() |
9 | Shikh Castle | Baku | 1232 | Ilkhanake Empire | |
10 | Burjs of Pirallahi | Pirallahi Island | 1329 | Ilkhanate Empire |
Ganjabasar Region
No. | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Ganja Fortress | Ganja | 16th century | Safavid Empire | ![]() |
2 | Askipara Monastery Castle | Gazakh | 5th century | Kingdom of Armenia[8] | |
3 | Old Ganja Castle | Ganja | 10th century | Shaddadids | |
4 | Koroghlu Castle | Tovuz | 16th century | Safavid Empire | |
5 | Shamkir fortress | Shamkir | 17th century | Safavid Empire | |
6 | Hunan Castle | Tovuz | 8th century | Bagratid Armenia | |
7 | Didivan Castle | Gazakh | 6th century | Kingdom of Armenia | ![]() |
8 | Zurnabad Castle | Goygol | 13th century | Ilkhanate Empire | ![]() |
Shaki-Zaqatala Region
No. | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Sumug Castle | İlisu | 18th century | Elisu Sultanate | ![]() |
2 | Shamilgala (Galacha) | Gakh | 1850s | Zakatal Okrug | ![]() |
3 | Shaki fortress | Shaki | 15th century | Shirvanshahs | ![]() |
4 | Gelersen-Görersen fortress | Shaki | 8th century | Shirvanshahs | |
5 | Jinli Castle | Ağçay | 8th century | Caucasian Albania | |
6 | Fairy Castle (Parigala) | Zagatala | 3rd century | Caucasian Albania | ![]() |
7 | Kabalaka | Gabala | 1st century BC | Caucasian Albania | ![]() |
8 | Aydinbulag Castle | Sheki | 9th century | Sheki Kingdom | |
9 | Hazrat Ali Castle | Shaki | 8th century | Arab Caliphate | |
10 | Nukha Castle | Sheki | 18th century | Mahammadhuseyn Khan/Shaki Khanate | |
11 | Elisu Castle | Gakh | 1840s | Elisu Sultanate | ![]() |
12 | Chingis Castle | Gakh | 15th century | Safavid Empire | |
13 | Icheri Bazar Castle | Gakh | 1710s | Safavid Empire | ![]() |
14 | Hasan Khan Castle | Gakh | 1860s | Zakatal Okrug | |
15 | City Castle | Sheki | 3rd century BC | Caucasian Albania | |
16 | Zagatala Castle | Zagatala | 1830 | Zakatal Okrug | ![]() |
17 | Oguz Castle | Oguz | 7th century BC | Median Empire | |
18 | Girls Castle | Gabala | 820s | Salarids | |
19 | Surkhay Khan Castle | Oguz | 18th century | Elisu Sultanate | |
20 | Bum Castle | Gabala | 5th century | Caucasian Albania | |
21 | Vandam Castle | Gabala | 5th century | Caucasian Albania | |
22 | Malug Castle | Oguz | 9th century | Shaki Kingdom | |
23 | Saray Castle | Sheki | 1750s | Shaki Khanate |
Castles in Janub (South) Region
No. | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Kynon Castle | Lankaran | 8th century | Khurramites | |
2 | Balabyur Castle | Lankaran | 7th century | Caucasian Albania | |
3 | Shindan Castle | Astara | 7th century | Caucasian Albania | |
4 | Lankaran Castle | Lankaran | 1726 | Safavid Empire | |
5 | Zindan Fortress | Lankaran | 1747 | Afshar Empire | ![]() |
6 | Chay Castle | Masally | Khurramites | 810s |
Shimal (North) Region
No. | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Chirag Gala | Shabran District | 4th century | Caucasian Albania | ![]() |
2 | Shabran Castle | Shabran | 1st century BC | Massagetae | ![]() |
3 | Turan Castle | Kusar | 7th century | Caucasian Albania | |
4 | Anig Castle | Kusar | 9th century | Emirate of Darband | |
5 | Khoja Castle | Khachmaz | 12th century | Seljuk Empire |
Aran Region
No. | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Baghravan Castle-City | Unknown | 2nd millennium BC | Kura–Araxes culture | |
2 | Ultan Castle | Sabirabad | 4th century | Caucasian Albania | |
3 | Surkhay Castle | Agdash | 17th century | Arash Sultanate | |
4 | Seljuk Castle | Bilasuvar | 11th century | Seljuk Empire | |
5 | Castle | Sabirabad | 4th century BC | Atropatene | |
6 | Bayramkoha Castle | Goychay | 3rd century | Caucasian Albania | |
7 | Safavid Castle | Shirvan | 1512 | Safavid Empire | |
8 | Su (Water) Castle | Yevlakh | 18th century | Arash Sultanate |
Shirvan Region
No. | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Shamakhi Fortress | Shamakhi | 1045 | Shirvanshahs | |
2 | Javanshir Fortress | Ismailli | 640s | Caucasian Albania | |
3 | Niyal Castle | Ismailli | 3rd century | Caucasian Albania | ![]() |
4 | Kala-Bugurt | Shamakhi | 14th century | Shirvanshahs | |
5 | Bashkal Castle | Ismailli | 13th century BC | Shirvanshahs | |
6 | Gulustan Castle | Shamakhi | 9th century | Sajid dynasty | ![]() |
7 | Maiden Castle | Ismailli | 7th century | Caucasian Albania | |
8 | Khan Castle | Ismailli | 17th century | Safavid Empire | |
9 | Haram Castle | Agsu | 16th century | Safavid Empire | |
10 | Kasim Han Castle | Ismailli | 17th century | Safavid Empire | |
11 | Fit Castle | Agsu | 18th century | Afshar Empire | |
12 | Spring Castle | Agsu | 1741 | Afshar Empire |
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
No. | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Chalkhankala Fortress | Kangarli | 3rd millennium BC | Aratta/Bronze Age | |
2 | Sadarak Castle | Sadarak | Turukkis/15th century BC | Bronze Age | |
3 | Gazanchi Castle | Julfa | 2nd millennium BC | Lullubi Kingdom/Bronze Age | |
4 | Oglan Castle | Sharur | 2nd millennium BC | Bronze Age | |
5 | Gavur Castle | Nakhchivan | 2nd millennium BC | Kura–Araxes culture | |
6 | Abbasabad (fortress) | Babek District | 1810 | Nakhichevan Khanate | ![]() |
7 | Jugha Castle | Shahbuz | 11th century | Bagratid Armenia | |
8 | Karasu Castle | Sharur | 2nd millennium BC | Bronze Age | |
9 | Yezidabad Castle | Nakhchivan | 640s | Sasanian Empire | |
10 | Shapur Castle | Shahbuz | 1st century | Kingdom of Armenia | |
11 | Alinja Tower | Julfa | 1140s | Kingdom of Syunik | ![]() |
12 | Ordubad Castle | Ordubad | 104 | Kingdom of Armenia | |
13 | Duylun Castle | Babek District | 6th century BC | Median Empire | |
14 | Nahajir Castle | Julfa | 2nd millennium BC | Shulaveri-Shomu culture | |
15 | Marzban Castle | Babek District | 9th century | Salarids | |
16 | Gul Kala | Sharur | 1140s | Eldiguzids | |
11 | Kharabagilan | Ordubad | 5th century | Kingdom of Armenia |
See also
External links
- Historical monuments Azerbaijans.com
References
- ^ "Principality of Varanda - Nagorno Karabakh Republic". Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Mkrtchyan, Shahen [in Armenian] (1988). Ulubabyan, Bagrat (ed.). Historical and Architectural Monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh (PDF). Yerevan: Parberakan. pp. 161–162. ISBN 5-540-00402-7.
- ^ Bakshi, Kim (2015). The Sacred Treasures of Artsakh. ISBN 9789939013855.
- ^ Evans, Helen J (2018). Islamic Art, Armenian Art: Connections across Religions. Princeton University.
- ^ Armenian Monuments in the Region of Karabakh. "Gitutiun" Publishing House of NAS RAA. 2001. ISBN 9785808004689.
- ^ Hasratian, Murad (2010). Early Christian Architecture of Armenia. Incobook. ISBN 978-5888520284.
- ^ Maranci, Christina (22 November 2018). The Art of Armenia. Oxford University Press Inc. ISBN 978-0190269005.
- ^ Stone & Candle: Armenian Monastaries. Benjamin Wolbergs. ISBN 978-3-96900-109-7.