Round Mardakan Fortress

The Round Mardakan Fortress or the Small Mardakan Castle is a historical and architectural monument located in the Mardakan settlement of the Khazar district in .
Wikipedia
Photo: Xlodvig, Public domain.
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: historical and architectural monument in the Khazar district in Baku
  • Also known as: “Mərdəkan Dördbucaq Qalası” and “Round Tower (Mardakan)”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Buzovna Juma Mosque.

Mosque
Photo: Gulustan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , also known as the Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque, is a mosque and a historical-architectural monument located in the settlement of the Khazar raion of , Azerbaijan. is situated 3½ km northwest of Round Mardakan Fortress.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mǝrdǝkan.

Town
Photo: Xlodvig, Public domain.
Mardakan is a settlement and municipality in Khazar Rayon of , , located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, with a population of 32,084. It's positioned on the eastern , about 30 km away from downtown Baku, and just 10 km from , bounded by to the east, to the south, and to the west.

Round Mardakan Fortress

Latitude
40.49213° or 40° 29′ 32″ north
Longitude
50.14078° or 50° 8′ 27″ east
Open location code
8HGGF4RR+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10705337409
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q4242006
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Round Mardakan Fortress” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة ماردكان الدائرية”
  • Arabic: “قلعة ماردكان دائرية”
  • Armenian: “Կլոր ամրոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Dairəvi Mərdəkan qalası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mərdəkan qalası-2”
  • Dutch: “Ronde Burcht van Mardakan”
  • Georgian: “მრგვალი ციხე”
  • German: “Runde Burg Mərdəkan”
  • Persian: “برج مدور مردکان”
  • Russian: “Круглая Мардакянская крепость”
  • Russian: “Круглый замок (Мардакян)”
  • Slovenian: “Okrogla trdnjava Mardakan”
  • Turkish: “Dairesel Mardakan Kalesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кругла Мардакянська фортеця”
  • Uzbek: “Mardakan dumaloq qal’asi”

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