• Naryn-Kala citadel occupies the top of the hill closest to the Caspian Sea. The path along the coast was blocked by two parallel fortress walls (the Derbent wall)...
  • It is believed that the citadel, called Naryn-Kala, that is, the Solar Fortress, was built by Shah Kavad in the sixth century.
  • Naryn-Kala citadel occupies the top of the hill closest to the Caspian Sea. The path along the coast was blocked by two parallel fortress walls (the Derbent wall)...
  • One of the translations of the name Naryn-Kala from the Middle Persian language into Russian is “The Sun Fortress”.
  • In 2003, the Naryn-Kala Fortress and the old city of Derbent, which is located at its foot, were included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List.
  • Naryn-Kala (Russian: Нарын-кала) is an ancient pre-Arab citadel, part of the Derbent fortress, connected to the Caspian Sea by double walls designed to block...
  • After returning from Derbent, I still couldn’t bring myself to start writing a review about the main must-see of the city - the Naryn-Kala citadel.
  • Naryn-Kala (Dağıstan) kalesi ziyaretDerbent şehrinin bir kartı. Bu kaleye UNESCO'nun fahri listesinde dünyadaki tarihi ve kültürel bir anıt olarak yer verildi.
  • There are many versions about what its name means. The most popular among them is that Naryn-Kala means “sunny fortress” in the Turkic languages.
  • The walls of the khan’s residence in the fortress of the Naryn-Kala.