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Gara Boyuk Khanim Castle

Azerbaijan

The 186th tallest tower in the world

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Gara Boyuk Khanim Castle (Azerbaijani: Qara Böyük Xanım sarayı), or Palace of Karaghluk is an 18th-century palace-castle located on a hill in the southeastern part of the town of Shusha (Shushi) in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. It is composed of four towers in a square plan. It is one of the two castles of Shusha that have survived to present day (the second is Panahali Khan's castle). By the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated with 2 August 2001, the castle was taken under the state protection as an architectural monument of national importance (No. 339).

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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