Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent' has mentioned 'Sea' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| [23] The chronicler Movses Kaghankatvatsi wrote about "the wondrous walls, for whose construction the Persian kings exhausted our country, recruiting architects and collecting building materials with a view of constructing a great edifice stretching between the Caucasus Mountains and the Great Eastern Sea." | WIKI |
| Similar Sassanian defensive fortifications therexe2x80x94massive forts, garrison towns, long wallsxe2x80x94also run from the sea to the mountains. | WIKI |
| The walls, reaching to the sea, date from the 6th century, Sassanid dynasty period. | WIKI |
| The walls extend 500xc2xa0m into the Caspian Sea to protect the harbour and the mountain wall continues 40xc2xa0km west, over the mountains, defending the northern borders from warlike nomads by completely blocking the pass between the sea and the mountains. | UNESCO |
| Identified threats to the site are landslides, particularly along the citadelxe2x80x99s steep slopes, uncontrolled development in the area near the sea, and the looting of stones by residents for personal use. | UNESCO |
| Its position between the mountains and the sea illustrates the importance of its original defensive setting. | UNESCO |