Great Kyz Kala

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The Great Kyz Kala is a large fortress in the city of Merv, Turkmenistan. The fortress belongs to the köshk or kushk type: an earthen building built on a raised platform, with exterior wall formed of large vertical engaged columns (a series of octagonal half-columns) having the aspect of large corrugations. These fortresses are equipped will internal palatial rooms, often decorated. It occupied an area of 42.2x37.2 meters. Read more on Wikipedia

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