Galagayin (fortress)

Galagayin Fortress
Azerbaijani: Qalaqayın/Qayın qalası
A map of the Caspian Sea area made by Reiner Ottens (1698-1750), Jakob Keyser (1710-1745) by order of Peter I (1720). Javad and Galagayin ("Sagawat" and "Kellan") (forts)
Galagayin (fortress) is located in Azerbaijan
Galagayin (fortress)
Location within Azerbaijan
General information
Statusruins have remained
TypeFortress
Architectural styleArchitectural school of Shirvan-Absheron
LocationQalaqayın
Town or citySabirabad
CountryAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
Coordinates39°58′15″N 48°27′44″E / 39.9707°N 48.4621°E / 39.9707; 48.4621
Construction startedThe second half of the 13th century
Demolished1868 year

Galagayin (Galagah,[1] Kala al Nagia,[2] Galagani[3]) is a fortification and nahiyah fortress that surrounded the historical center of Qalaqayın.

  1. ^ ”Azərbaycan toponimlərinin ensiklopedik lüğəti”. İki cilddə. I cild. Bakı, “Şərq-Qərb”, 2007, səh.380
  2. ^ Bibliothèque orientale, article Nagia
  3. ^ M.v. Bieberstein, Beschr. d. Lander zw. Terek und Kur am Kasp. M. Frankf. am M.," 1803, p. 58