Shusha fortress (1751 year)
The Shusha fortress or Shushi fortress is a fortress surrounding the historical centre of Shusha, also called Shushi. The newly conquered castle town was called "Panahabad fortress" named after Panah Ali Khan who together with Melik Shahnazar was the founder of the fort.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: fortress in Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Shusha fortress”, “Shusha Fortress”, and “Şuşa qalası (1751 il)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lower Mosque and Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque.
Lower Mosque
Mosque
The Ashaghi Govhar Agha Mosque is a mosque in Shusha, Azerbaijan. The designation ashaghi refers to the location of the mosque in the lower section of Shusha town, distinguishing it from the Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque, the similarly named mosque located in the upper section of the town. Lower Mosque is situated 560 metres southeast of Shusha fortress (1751 year).
Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Sefer azeri, CC0.
The Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque, also called the Great Juma Mosque of Govhar Agha, is an Azerbaijani Shia Muslim mosque located in the city of Shusha, Azerbaijan. Yukhari Govhar Agha Mosque is situated 680 metres south of Shusha fortress (1751 year).
Kanach Zham
Church
Photo: Solavirum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Saint John the Baptist Church, commonly known as Kanach Zham, was an Armenian Apostolic church in Shusha in Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, located just uphill from the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral. Kanach Zham is situated 690 metres southwest of Shusha fortress (1751 year).
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Qarabulaq and Nağılar.
Qarabulaq
Village
Qarabulaq is a village de jure in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, de facto in the Shushi Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.
Muxtar
Village
Photo: Լարա, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mkhitarashen or Mukhtar is a village located in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.
Shusha fortress (1751 year)
- Categories: fortress, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shusha, Karabakh, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.76593° or 39° 45′ 57″ northLongitude
46.75018° or 46° 45′ 1″ eastInception
1751Open location code
8HF8QQ82+93OpenStreetMap ID
node 7069124568OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2500237
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Shusha fortress (1751 year)” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة شوشا”
- Armenian: “Շուշիի բերդ”
- Azerbaijani: “Şuşa qalası”
- Chinese: “舒沙城堡”
- Chinese: “舒沙堡”
- Dutch: “Shusha fortress”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة شوشا”
- French: “forteresse de Chouchi”
- French: “Forteresse de Chouchi”
- Georgian: “შუშის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Festung von Şuşa”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Shushi”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Šowši”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Şuşa”
- Japanese: “シュシャ城塞”
- Lithuanian: “Šušos tvirtovė”
- Persian: “دژ شوشی”
- Russian: “Шушинская крепость (1751 год)”
- Russian: “Шушинская крепость”
- Turkish: “Şuşa Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Шушинська фортеця”
- Western Armenian: “Շուշիի բերդ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Natavan’s house and Mədəniyyət və İstirahət Parkı.
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