Western Azerbaijan Heritage

Galandar tower

Monument date:
XVII c.
Placement /
Previous toponym:

Yelizavetpol (Ganja) Gover­norate, Zanga­zur mahal, Go­rus district, near Aghbulag village.

Placement /
Current toponym:

The name of Aghbulag villa­ge, was chan­ged on 09.04.1991 and named Aghbullak.

Classification:

Architec­ture

Current situation

The ruins of Ga­landar Castle, which were left in a burnt state, we­re taken over by the Armenians and shown as an Armenian castle.

Information:

Aghbulag village was built by Khalaj tribes. One of the brothers living in Khalaj, Garakhan stays in Khalaj. The other brother, Galandar, moves to the Aghbulag area, where he builds a house for himself. It is said that he had many herds of cattle and sheep. The 1,000-year-old Galandar Tower was registered as a 17th-century monument.

Galandar fort­ress played the role of protect­tion for Azer­baijanis from Ar­menian and other foreign attacks at the same time. The ancient castle has an impor­tant value as an example of his­torical heritage in Western Azer­baijan. 

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