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Palace of Garaboyuk khanum

Şuşa, Italy

Palace of Garaboyuk khanum

Gara Boyuk Khanim Castle (Azerbaijani: Qara Böyük Xanım sarayı, Persian: قلعه قارا بویوک خانیم), or Palace of Karaghluk (Armenian: Քարագլուխի պալատ) is an 18th-century palace-castle located on a hill in the southeastern part of the town of Shusha (Shushi) in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. It is

composed of four towers in a square plan. It is one of the two castles of Shusha that have survived to present day (the second is Panahali Khan's castle). By the order of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan dated with 2 August 2001, the castle was taken under the state protection as an architectural monument of national importance (No. 339).

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