• The Fortifications of Derbent (Darband) are one of the fortified defense lines ... UNESCO: Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent. External links[edit].
  • The Sassanid fortress does not exist any more, as the famous Derbent fortress as it stands today was built from the 12th century onward.
  • DerbentOnline.com is an Online information centre on the 6th-century Persian fortress Darband/Derbent which is now located in Russia’s Dagestan region.
  • Looking at the photographs of the Derbent fortress, you can see that the center of the defensive structures was the huge citadel of Naryn-Kala.
  • The reverse side of the Orta-Kapa Gate in the Fortress Wall of Derbent. The fortress wall of Derbent descending to the old town from the Naryn-Kala Fortress.
  • Derbent fortress - russia. Derbent has archaeological structures over 5000 years old. The fortification was built in stone.
  • historians have not managed to find out who built the fortress of Derbent.In this regard, there are a lot of legends.One legend says that the founder of the city and...
  • The World Heritage property “The Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent” includes all necessary attributes demonstrating its Outstanding Universal...
  • After all, it is here that one of the most ancient citadels of Russia is located, which is included in the top 100 of its main attractions - the Derbent fortress.
  • The fortress, and with it the city, did not lose their strategic importance even at the end of the Middle Ages. The Derbent khans settled in the citadel.