• The Fortifications of Derbent (Darband) are one of the fortified defense lines, some of which date to the times as early as those built by the Persian Sasanian Empire to protect...
  • The Sassanid fortress does not exist any more, as the famous Derbent fortress as it stands today was built from the 12th century onward.
  • 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 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.
  • DerbentOnline.com is an Online information centre on the 6th-century Persian fortress Darband/Derbent which is now located in Russia’s Dagestan region.
  • Derbent fortress, photo of which aspirebring all tourists from Dagestan, attracts not only the citadel, but also its walls. Their length in the city is 3.6 km.
  • The World Heritage property “The Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent” includes all necessary attributes demonstrating its Outstanding Universal...
  • The fortress walls of Derbent were built during the era of Persian rule and is an outstanding monument to the fortification of ancient cities.
  • You can talk (write) a lot about the Derbent fortress - this complex of buildings is so interesting.
  • In the long run, however, Derbent outlived its rival, surviving, and even thriving, until the arrival of the Mongols in the 13th century. Derbent fortress from the air.