Salyan Gates

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Salyan Gates
Azerbaijani: Salyan qapısı
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Coordinates40°21′50″N 49°49′59″E / 40.364023°N 49.833174°E / 40.364023; 49.833174Coordinates: 40°21′50″N 49°49′59″E / 40.364023°N 49.833174°E / 40.364023; 49.833174
LocationBaku, Azerbaijan

The Salyan Gates (Azerbaijani: Salyan qapısı) are the gates located in the south-west of the fortress walls of Baku,[1] in a garden near Azneft.

History[]

The inscription on the Salyan gates

The inscription on the Salyan gates The Kempfers book describes that, in 1683, Icherisheher was surrounded by two fortress walls and had two city gates: Mountain (they are also called Gilan, Russian or Salyan) and Shamakhy (they are also called the Derbend Gates, the Pair of fortress gates).[2]

Also, in the primary plan of the city of Baku, which was drawn up by the Russian army in 1723, two city gates were marked. [3]

The trade caravans arriving from Russia passed through the Shamakhy Gates and left through the Salyan Gates. The trade caravans arriving from Iran entered through the Salyan Gates andn left through the Shamakhy Gates.[4]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Maiden Tower". icherisheher.gov.az. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  2. ^ "Qala divarı və qapılar" (in Azerbaijani). icherisheher.gov.az. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  3. ^ С. П. Колтунов (February 19, 2018). "Ичери Шехер. Крепостные стены" (in Azerbaijani). ourbaku.com. Archived from the original on September 20, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Zohra Farajova (February 4, 2020). "İçərişəhərin rəmzlərindən biri - Qoşa qala qapısı" (in Azerbaijani). azerbaijan-news.az. Archived from the original on February 4, 2020. Retrieved September 20, 2021.
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