This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this articlebyadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "Yazdegerd Castle, Nakhchivan" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
Yazdegerd Castle | |
---|---|
Native name Azerbaijani: Yezidabad qalası | |
Nakhchivangala | |
Fortress walls
| |
Type | Castle |
Location | 5CW6+QGH Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan |
Coordinates | 39°11′50″N 45°24′45″E / 39.1971°N 45.4124°E / 39.1971; 45.4124 |
Built | 7th century |
Restored | 2013 |
The Yazdegerd Castle is a pre-medieval Sassanid castle in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is constructed solely of mud. The castle is named after the last Sassanid king, Yazdegerd III (632–651).
Outside of scientific circles the castle is commonly known as NakhchivangalaorKohnagala.[1] It currently houses a museum.
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Azerbaijan |
|
![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iraq |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iran |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oman |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Russia |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Also See: Sasanian castles |
![]() | This article about a building or structure in Azerbaijan is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
![]() | This castle-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |