List of castles and fortresses in Azerbaijan
This is a list of castles and fortresses in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Castles located in historical Azerbaijan territories. Castles in Azerbaijan were built in the Ancient and Medieval Times. Thus the names of some castles have "qala", "divar" or "qüllə" suffixes.
Karabakh Region
Absheron Region
№ | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Baku fortress | Icheri Sheher | 13th century | Shirvanshahs | |
2 | Quadrangular Castle | Mərdəkan (Baku) | 12th century | Akhsitan I ibn Minuchihr III | |
3 | Icheri Sheher Castle Wall | Icheri Sheher | 1138 | Shirvanshahs | |
4 | Nardaran Fortress | Baku | 1301 | Shirvanshahs | |
5 | Ramana Castle | Baku | 14th century | Shirvanshahs | |
6 | Round Castle | Sabunchu District | 1232 | Shirvanshahs | |
7 | Maiden Tower | Icheri Sheher | 9th century BC (The second time 12th century) | Shirvanshahs | |
8 | Bilgah Castle | Sabunçu, Baku | 14th century BC | Shirvanshahs | |
9 | Shagan Castle | Baku | 12th century | Shirvanshahs | |
10 | Shikh Castle | Baku | 1232 | Ilkhanake Empire | |
11 | Burjs of Pirallahi | Pirallahi Island | 1329 | Ilkhanate Empire | |
12 | Yamin Castle | Baku | 1970s | ASSR | |
13 | Khazar Castle | Sumgait | 1910s | Baku Governorate | |
14 | Tovba Kasr | Baku | 12th century | Salarids | |
15 | Khalilullah I Castle | Baku | 15th century | Khalilullah I/Shirvanshahs | |
16 | Qochu Iskandar Castle | Baku | 1780s | Baku Khanate | |
17 | Caravanserai Castle | Icheri Sheher | 15th century | Ak Koyunlu Empire | |
Ganjabasar Region
№ | 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 | Caucasian Albania | |
3 | Old Ganja Castle | Ganja | 10th century | Shaddadids | |
4 | Koroglu Castle | Tovuz | 16th century | Safavid Empire | |
5 | Gazakh Castle | Gazakh | 3rd century BC | Caucasian Albania | |
6 | Shamkir Castle | Shamkir | 17th century | Safavid Empire | |
7 | Hunan Castle | Tovuz | 8th century | Caucasian Albania | |
8 | Torpak Castle | Tovuz | 5th century | Caucasian Albania | |
9 | Galakent Castle | Gazakh | 6th century | Caucasian Albania | |
10 | Balchili Castle | Goygol | 11th century | Salarids | |
11 | Didivan Castle | Gazakh | 6th century | Caucasian Albania | |
12 | Rectangular Tower | Gazakh | 2nd century | Caucasian Albania | |
13 | Zurnabad Castle | Goygol | 13th century | Ilkhanate Empire | |
14 | Goyazan Castle | Gazakh | 14th century | Kara Koyunlu | |
15 | Seven Burj Castle | Gazakh | 8th century | Caucasian Albania | |
Shaki-Zaqatala Region
Castles in Janub (South) Region
№ | 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 Castle | Lankaran | 1747 | Afshar Empire | |
6 | Chay Castle | Masally | Khurramites | 810s | |
Shimal (North) Region
№ | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Chirag Gala | Shabran Rayon | 4th century | ||
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
№ | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Baghravan Castle-City | The 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
№ | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Shamakhi Fortress | Shamakhi | 1045 | Shirvanshahs | |
2 | Girdiman (Javanshir) Castle | 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
№ | Name | City | Year | Founder and Era | Picture |
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1 | Chalkhankala Fortress | Kangarli | 3rd millennium | 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 | Assyria | |
5 | Gavur Castle | Nakhchivan | 20th century BC | Kura–Araxes culture | |
6 | Abbasabad (fortress) | Babek District | 1810 | Nakhichevan Khanate | |
7 | Jugha Castle | Shahbuz | 11th century | Nakhchivanshahs/Bronze Age | |
8 | Karasu Castle | Sharur | 2nd millennium BC | Assyria/Bronze Age | |
9 | Yezidabad Castle | Nakhchivan | 640s | Sasanian Empire | |
10 | Shapur Castle | Shahbuz | 1st century | Caucasian Albania | |
11 | Alinja Tower | Julfa | 1140s | Eldiguzids | |
12 | Ordubad Castle | Ordubad | 104 | Caucasian Albania | |
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 | |
See also
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