Gilgilçay

Gilgilçay
Gilgilçay
Municipality
	Gilgilçay
	Coordinates: 41°08′39″N 49°05′12″E
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Siazan
Population
• Total	959
Time zone	UTC+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

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

Gilgilçay at GEOnet Names Server

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.
"The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions". UNESCO. 24 October 2001.

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[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.