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Fortress ruins in Ilisu
🇦🇿 Azerbaijan
Fortress ruins in Ilisu (in Azerbaijani: İlisu qalası) is an archaeological fortress located in the village of Ilisu in the Qakh district of Azerbaijan. It was built on the road leading to Dagestan.
The quarter in which the fortress stands is called the Castle Quarter.
The quarter contains the fortress tower and remains of its walls. Its construction is thought to date to the 1850s.
Machine-translated from “قلعة إليسو” on the Arabic Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Fortress ruins in Ilisu ranks #7,687 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #42 of the 45 mapped in Azerbaijan. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Azerbaijan compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Fortress ruins in Ilisu?
Fortress ruins in Ilisu stands in Azerbaijan, at 41.46802°, 47.0556°.
How famous is Fortress ruins in Ilisu?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #7,687 of 8,134 worldwide, and #42 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 ruins in Ilisu?
Jinli Qala, about 2 km away.
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