Salyan Gates

Azerbaijani: Salyan qapısı

40°21′50″N 49°49′59″E﻿ / ﻿40.364023°N 49.833174°E﻿ / 40.364023; 49.833174
Location| Baku, 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[edit]

The inscription on the Salyan gates

The Kempfers book[clarification needed] describes that, in 1683, Icherisheher was surrounded by two fortress walls and had two city gates: Mountain (also called Gilan, Russian or Salyan) and Shamakhy (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 and left through the Shamakhy Gates.[4]

## See also[edit]

* Baku Khans' Palace
* Paired Fortress Gates
* Underground Bath

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Salyan Gate of Baku Fortress at Wikimedia Commons

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