Azerbaijan · 19th century
Fortress ruins in Ilisu ranks #8,562 of 9,040 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #42 of the 45 mapped in Azerbaijan. Founded c. 1850, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 705 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Azerbaijan compares in the castle statistics.
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.
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