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Zahhak Castle

a Pleiades place resource

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A fortified citadel located in Hashtrud, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. It takes its name from the mythological figure Zahhak. The site is in use from the second millennium BC until the Timurid era.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/655525228

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.3851455, 47.167222

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Zahhak Castle (2000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Place type:
fort, tower (deprecated)

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Wikipedia (English) Zahhak Castle

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Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Zahhak Castle: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/655525228> [accessed: 04 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/655525228 |title=Places: 655525228 (Zahhak Castle) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=December 4, 2024 3:33 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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