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 Baku.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.
Buzovna Juma Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Gulustan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Buzovna Juma Mosque, also known as the Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque, is a mosque and a historical-architectural monument located in the Buzovna settlement of the Khazar raion of Baku, Azerbaijan. Buzovna Juma Mosque is situated 3½ km northwest of Round Mardakan Fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mǝrdǝkan.
Mǝrdǝkan
Town
Photo: Xlodvig, Public domain.
Mardakan is a settlement and municipality in Khazar Rayon of Baku, Azerbaijan, located on the coast of the Caspian Sea, with a population of 32,084. It's positioned on the eastern Absheron Peninsula, about 30 km away from downtown Baku, and just 10 km from Heydar Aliyev International Airport, bounded by Shuvalan to the east, Qala to the south, and Shagan to the west.
Round Mardakan Fortress
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Baku Region, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.49213° or 40° 29′ 32″ northLongitude
50.14078° or 50° 8′ 27″ eastOpen location code
8HGGF4RR+V8OpenStreetMap ID
node 10705337409OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata 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”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tuba Şah Məscidi \ Mərdəkan and Heydər Məscidi \ Mərdəkan.
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