Gilgilçay
Gilgilçay | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
  Gilgilçay | |
| Coordinates: 41°08′39″N 49°05′12″E / 41.14417°N 49.08667°E / 41.14417; 49.08667 | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| Rayon | Siazan |
| Population | |
| • Total | 959 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 (AZT) |
Gilgilçay (also, Gil’gil’chay) is a village and municipality in the Siazan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 959.
Gilgilchay Wall
The Gilgilchay defensive wall was built by the Sasanian Empire (488-531). The defensive line were constructed using a combination of mud brick, stone blocks, and baked bricks, and stretched from the shore of the Caspian Sea to the Babadag mountains in the west.[1] Not far from the Gilgilchay wall is the Shabran wall, located near Shabran village.[2]
References
- Gilgilçay at GEOnet Names Server
- ^ Magomedov, Rabadan; Murtazali, Gadjiev (2006). "The Gilgilchay Long Defensive Wall: New Investigations". Ancient East and West. 5 (1, 2): 143–144. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
- ^ "The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions". UNESCO. 24 October 2001.
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