Qalakənd Explained

40.4911°N 45.7567°W

Official Name:	Qalakənd
Pushpin Map:	Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:	300
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:	Rayon
Subdivision Name1:	Gadabay
Subdivision Type2:	Municipality
Subdivision Name2:	Plankənd
Timezone:	AZT
Utc Offset:	+4
Timezone Dst:	AZT
Utc Offset Dst:	+5
Coordinates:	40.4911°N 45.7567°W
Elevation Ft:	4317

Qalakənd (also, Kalakend) is a village in the Gadabay Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Plankənd.^[1] The name "Qalakənd" means "castle town", referring to the ruins of the medieval fortress of Parisos located near the village on a bluff overlooking the Shamkir river.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi . https://web.archive.org/web/20080924083213/http://www.belediyye.org/index.php?con=qanun&bkod=3637 . September 24, 2008 . Azerbaijani.
2. Book: Dorfmann-Lazarev . Igor . Forness . Philip Michael . Hasse-Ungeheuer . Alexandra . Leppin . Hartmut . The Good Christian Ruler in the First Millennium: Views from the Wider Mediterranean World in Conversation . 2021 . Walter de Gruyter GmbH . Berlin . 9783110724691 . https://books.google.com/books?id=z108EAAAQBAJ&dq=gardman+fortress&pg=PT424 . 17 September 2022 . Concerning Four Kings From the Land of 'Deep Ravines, Dense Forests, and Dark Thickets'.