Babak Fort

Azerbaijan / Zengilan / Mincivan /
 tower, castle, fortification
Bābak Fort (Azerbaijani Turkic: Bəzz Qalası, Persian: دژ بابک or قلعه بابک), also known as the Immortal Castle or Republic Castle, is an impressive and huge building citadel on the top of a mountain in the Arasbaran forests, which is located 16 km southwest of Kaleibar City in northwestern Iran. It was the stronghold of the Azerbaijani hero, Babak Khorramdin.

Babak Khorramdin was one of the main Azerbaijani revolutionary leaders of the Khurramilar, which was a local freedom movement fighting the Abbasid Caliphate.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babak_Fort
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Coordinates:   38°50'12"N   46°58'54"E
This article was last modified 14 years ago