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Pealing
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12.02.2024

The tower complex Päling was built XV-XVII centuries. Located in the Jeirakh district, on the spur of the mountain Tsorei Loam.

On the territory of the Päling Tower complex there are 4 battle towers, 14 dilapidated residential towers, 2 semi-combat towers, 8 ground crypts and a crypt isolation center.

Three battle towers, square in plan, have 6 floors, hinged stone mashikuli-balconies, pyramidal-step roof and reached a height of 27.00-28.00 m. Residential towers were rectangular, had 2-3 floors, a flat roof with a high parapet. In the upper parts of 3 of them were arranged extensive loggias. Each castle had a high defensive wall (up to 4.00m).

On the territory of the tower complex Päling there are 10 semi-ruined collective crypt tombs of the late Middle Ages.

On the territory of Nizhny Pälinga there is previously a Muslim cemetery, which has steles with Arabic script. In the Lower Pälinga are 3 ground tower-like crypts with a pyramidal-stepped roof, one ground crypt-mausoleum and one pillar-shaped sanctuary erected above the spring.

In the south of Upper Pälinga there was a river mill.

The tower complex Päling is part of the Dzhirakh-Assin State Historical, Architectural and Natural Museum-Reserve. It is an identified object of cultural heritage.

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Jeyrakh-Assin Reserve

Jeyrakh-Assin Reserve

The Jeyrakh-Assin historical, architectural and natural museum-reserve is located within the boundaries of the Jeyrakh district of the Republic of Ingushetia on the northern slopes of the foothills of the Central part of the Greater Caucasus Range. The reserve was established on June 2, 1988. The area of the reserve is slightly more than 627 square kilometers. The activity of the reserve is aimed at ensuring the preservation, restoration and study of territorial complexes of cultural and natural heritage, material and spiritual values in their traditional historical (cultural and natural) environment. On the territory of the museum-reserve there are 122 ancient architectural complexes, including more than 2,670 objects of cultural significance, including defensive and residential towers, burial crypts, Christian and pagan sanctuaries and temples. The oldest buildings of the megalithic type belong to the middle of the second millennium BC. Every year, significant scientific discoveries are made on the territory of the reserve, new objects are identified, archaeological expeditions are constantly working, scientists from all over the world come. Since 1996, the reserve has been a candidate for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Significant value in the reserve is given to work on creating conditions for the development of organized tourism, its educational and service component.

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