Baku fortress

Baku Fortress (Azerbaijani: Bakı Qalası) is a medieval building in Baku, Azerbaijan, the largest of Absheron fortresses. The fortress consists of the Icheri Sheher and the walls and towers surrounding it, and it was included by UNESCO into the World Cultural Heritage List in 2000.

It was built in about 1138–1139 on the order of the Shirvanshah Manuchohr III (1120–1149).

Based on traveler's illustrations and photos of the 19th century, the fortress consisted of a double wall. The first wall was built by the Shirvanshah III Manuchohr, and the second wall was built during the time of Shirvanshah Akhsitan I.

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Baku fortressは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界1,325位（全3,734件中）、アゼルバイジャンの23件では3位にランクされています。1101年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の88%より古い城です（12世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の225件のひとつ）。アゼルバイジャンが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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