Fortress
Fortress of Goyazan
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
Goyazan (Azerbaijani: Göyəzən, Geyazan); (also Gavarzin, Gevrazin, Kavazin, Kozin) or Gavazan (Armenian: Գավազան) is a medieval Armenian fortress on the slopes of Mount Göyəzən, 15 km west of the town of Qazax (present-day Azerbaijan) and 1 km north-west of the village of Abbasbeyli, 1.5 km from the Voskepar River. The remains of the fortress walls and of a small settlement inside the fortress have survived to the present day.
Machine-translated from “Гейазан (крепость)” on the Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortress of Goyazan ranks #6,996 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #40 of the 45 mapped in Azerbaijan. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Tbilisi, 78 km away. See how Azerbaijan compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Fortress of Goyazan?
Fortress of Goyazan stands in Azerbaijan, at 41.08871°, 45.18469°.
How famous is Fortress of Goyazan?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,996 of 8,134 worldwide, and #40 in Azerbaijan. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fortress of Goyazan?
Didivan Castle, about 9 km away.
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