Vovnushki
Sign in to saveVovnushki () is a medieval complex with defensive Ingush watchtowers. It is a unique monument of Ingush architecture, which is part of the Dzheyrakh-Assa State Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve and is under state protection. According to scholars, several routes of the Silk Road passed through the mountains of Ingushetia. One route supposedly ran along the river Guloykhi, along the tower cities of Gul, Tsori, Vovnushki, Pyaling, Niy, etc. The Vovnushki towers are traditionally regarded as the ancestral towers of the Ingush taïp Ozdoy ().
Key facts
- Russian inhabited locality.en_name
- Vovnushki
- Russian inhabited locality.ru_name
- Вовнушки
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_name1
- Вӏовнашке
- Russian inhabited locality.loc_lang1
- Ingush
- Russian inhabited locality.image_skyline
- Vovnushki (Вовнушки).jpg
- Russian inhabited locality.map_label_position
- right
- Russian inhabited locality.federal_subject
- Ingushetia
- Russian inhabited locality.adm_city_jur
- Dzheyrakhsky District
- Russian inhabited locality.inhabloc_cat
- Aul
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Part of
- medieval Ingush towers
- Country
- Russia
- Located in
- Dzheyrakhsky District
- Population
- 0
- Image
- Vovnushki-1.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vovnushki
- heritage designation
- cultural heritage site in Russia
- native label
- Вӏо́внашке
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Vovnushki () is a medieval complex with defensive Ingush watchtowers. It is a unique monument of Ingush architecture, which is part of the Dzheyrakh-Assa State Historical-Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve and is under state protection. According to scholars, several routes of the Silk Road passed through the mountains of Ingushetia. One route supposedly ran along the river Guloykhi, along the tower cities of Gul, Tsori, Vovnushki, Pyaling, Niy, etc. The Vovnushki towers are traditionally regarded as the ancestral towers of the Ingush taïp Ozdoy ().
In 2008, the Vovnushki tower complex became a finalist in the Seven Wonders of Russia competition. In 2010, the Central Bank of Russia issued a commemorative silver coin dedicated to Vovnushki.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vovnushki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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