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Gulustan Turbe

Azerbaijan

Gulustan Turbe

The Gulustan Mausoleum (Azerbaijani: Gülüstan türbəsi), also known as the Dasht ("fields") Mausoleum, and the Vardut (Armenian for "roses") Mausoleum after the site's original name, is a medieval sepulchral monument in Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan region. The settlement of Vardut was destroyed when its A

rmenian population, like that of nearby Jugha, was forcefully deported to Isfahan in 1605. The mausoleums of Nakhichevan were nominated for List of World Heritage Sites, UNESCO in 1998 — president of Azerbaijan Committee of ICOMOS—International Council on Monuments and Sites.

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