Alinja Tower

Alinjagala,[1] Alinja-gala[2][3][4] or Alinja tower[5] (Azerbaijani: Əlincə qalası), earlier, up to the 14th century, the fortress was known as an medieval fortress – is a tower is located to the west of Khanega village, not far from Julfa city of Azerbaijan, on the right coast of the Alinja River (Alinjachay), on the top of Alinja Mountain.[6] The tower was one of the strongest defensive buildings of that times.[2]

Alinja Tower
Azerbaijani: Əlincə qalası
Former namesAlenjik or Alinje
General information
LocationTo the west of Khanega village, not far from Julfa city, Azerbaijan

Construction

There are many hydrotechnical, defensive, residential and palatial buildings in the tower, which were on the top of the mountain and in its slopes. Strong rows of stone walls led from the outskirts of the mountain to the top in a few lines. Cistern-pools once keeping rain and melt water remained in the shadow. The main treasury of Azerbaijani Atabeys was kept in Alinjagala tower.

References
  1. Под ред. Б. Н. Пономарева (1966). История СССР с древнейших времен до наших дней. Академия наук СССР: Наука. p. 518.
  2. Л. С. Бретаницкий (1966). Зодчество Азербайджана XII-XV вв. и его место в архитектуре Переднего Востока. Наука. p. 556.
  3. Российское палестинское общество. (1970). Палестинский сборник, Выпуск 21. Ближний Восток и Иран. Ленинград: Наука. p. 193.
  4. Нахичеванская Автономная Советская Социалистическая Республика (1967). Г. А. Мадатов. Советская историческая энциклопедия, Москва: Советская энциклопедия.
  5. Нахичеванская Республика. Словарь современных географических названий. Екатеринбург: У-Фактория. 2006.
  6. Карта J-38-32. Издание 1975 г.

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