Between the parallel defence walls, the city was built with the commercial sector close to the waterfront and the residential buildings near the citadel. Within the historic town, many buildings survive including courtyard houses, public buildings, mosques, baths, madrasahs, and the remains of a caravanserai. Fortifications combined with the medieval buildings of the old part of the city, the so-called Magalims, form a unique cultural landscape. The property that is inscribed as the Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent covers 37.658 ha and is surrounded by a 451.554-ha buffer zone. IntegrityThe World Heritage property “The Citadel, Ancient City and Fortress Buildings of Derbent” includes all necessary attributes demonstrating its Outstanding Universal Value, which are located inside the protected boundaries of its territory.