Gilgilçay

Gilgilçay
Municipality
Gilgilçay is located in Azerbaijan
Gilgilçay
Gilgilçay
Coordinates: 41°08′39″N 49°05′12″E / 41.14417°N 49.08667°E / 41.14417; 49.08667
Country Azerbaijan
RayonSiazan
Population
[citation needed]
 • Total
959
Time zoneUTC+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

See also: Sasanian defense lines

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions". UNESCO. 24 October 2001.


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