Kyzyl-Kala

Kyzyl-Kala, also Qyzyl Qala ("Red fortress"), in modern Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan, was an ancient fortress in Chorasmia built in the 1st-4th century CE. The small fortress of Kyzyl-Kala is located near Toprak-Kala, about 1 km to the west, and was also built in the 1st-4th century CE, possibly as a fortified defense for the site of Toprak-Kala. Kyzyl-Kala was once restored in the 12th century. It has also been the subject of a modern renovation program, with the objective of showing what a fortress looked like originally. It is part of the "Fifty fortresses oasis" in modern-day Uzbekistan. It was last occupied by Muhammad II of Khwarazm (1169, 1200-20), ruler of the Khwarazmian Empire, before it fell to the Mongol conquest of Khwarazmia.

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Kyzyl-Kala ranks #2172 of 5793 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #4 of the 6 mapped in Uzbekistán. Fundado en ca. 200, más antiguo que el 99% de los monumentos datados del atlas — uno de los 7 monumentos del atlas fundados en el siglo II. Compara el dato en las estadísticas de castillos.

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