Parigala

Parigala (Azerbaijani: Pəriqala, literally Fairy Castle) is considered one of Azerbaijan's lesser-known archeological treasures and historical mysteries. The site consists of a limestone brick structure of three rooms with a window, built 300 metres up the side of a cliff in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains near the village of Chardaghlar in northwest Azerbaijan.

The structure is believed to have been built during the Caucasian Albanian period sometime between the fourth and eighth centuries. Few visit, as it sits in a remote part of Azerbaijan and requires much effort to access. The site includes a forty-metre stairway reinforced with oak beams and also a covered walkway. Local guides have erected a ladder to access the site, which requires considerable strength and mountaineering skill to access. The site is in a state of good repair, although the top of the stairway has been separated from the rock, perhaps by an earthquake. Wear on the limestone suggests that the structure was long inhabited.

Text übernommen aus „Parigala“ in der englischsprachigen Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Parigala steht weltweit auf Platz 3.264 von 5.479 im Burgen-Bekanntheitsranking des Atlas und Nr. 21 der 35 in Aserbaidschan verzeichneten. Sehen Sie im Burgen-Statistik, wie Aserbaidschan abschneidet.

Auf der interaktiven Burgenkarte ansehen →

Die ganze Geschichte auf Wikipedia lesen ↗