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Quadrangular castle

Castle in Azerbaijan

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Height: 22 m
Founded: 1225
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1.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008620
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Located in: Khazar
Country: Azerbaijan
Architectural style: Shirvan-Absheron architectural school

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The Quadrangular Mardakan Fortress or the Great Mardakan Castle is a historical and architectural monument located in the Mardakan settlement of the Khazar raion in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is included in the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture's list of monuments of world importance. In 2001, along with other objects of the coastal defence of the Caspian Sea, it was included in the UNESCO World Heritage Reserve List.

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Founded by: Akhsitan I ibn Minuchihr III
Significant event: siege(1644)
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1.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008620Retrieved 2017-01-30
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Commissioned by: Akhsitan I ibn Minuchihr III
Directions: Next to Tuba Shahi Mosque
Heritage designation: cultural heritage monument in Azerbaijan

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3 identifiers linking Quadrangular castle across the web's reference databases

Cultural Heritage Azerbaijan ID4.1
Freebase ID/m/0crj0g5
Kulturenvanteri monument ID17081

40.4921, 50.1408OpenStreetMap ↗

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