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Govurqala, Oguz

Azerbaijan

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

Govurqala is a name shared by four archaeological sites in Azerbaijan, located in Oguz. This Govurqala lies to the north from Khachmaz village and is a medieval walled stand with round and square towers (3–6 m in height, 1–1.5 m wide). Twelve buildings are within the stand; out of walls there are two moats (15 m long, 8 m wide, 10 m deep, another is 100/30/20 m). During the 1965 excavations, some other evidences were found.

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

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