Azerbaijan
The Alinja Tower, also known as Alinjagala, Alinja-gala (Azerbaijani: Əlincə qalası) or the Armenian fortress of Yernjak up to the 14th century (Armenian: Երնջակ), is a tower located to the west of Khanega village, not far from Julfa city in Azerbaijan, on the right coast of the Alinja River (Alinjachay), higher of the Armenian monastery St. Karapet, on the top of Alinja Mountain. The tower was one of the strongest defensive buildings of its time.
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Alinja Tower ranks #1,838 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #4 of the 46 mapped in Azerbaijan. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,033 times in the last 60 days, more than 70% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Azerbaijan compares in the castle statistics.
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