Tovuzgala tower
In the city of Tovuzgala, former Shamsaddin district, Gazakh district, Ganja governorate.
Ganja Governorate – Yelizavetpol, Shamsaddin district - Berd, Tovuzgala city since 7.11.1995, it has been included in the administrative territory of Tavush governorate.
Architecture
The fortress was repaired and restored by the Armenians, it was appropriated and presented as an Armenian monument.
The toponym is derived from the ethnonym "uz" (Oghuz) with the word "tov" which means "mountain" in Turkish, and the word "gala", and is used in the sense of "mountain gala of Uz (Oghuz)"373. The castle looks similar to the historical Shusha Castle. Different types of stones were used, and the presence of white, yellow, gray and black stones of differrent colors on the walls of the castle makes the castle located on the high ground look even more beautiful and majestic.
Tovuzgala was an ancient Oguz homeland. The castle was built for defense purposes.
