Melik Mnatsakan Bridge :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Melik Mnatsakan Bridge

NKR / Shahumian / Getashen

Location

The bridge is found over the river Kurak in the north-east of Getashen Village—stripped of its Armenian population and occupied by Azerbaijan since May 1991—Shahumian District, Republic of Artsakh (RMK).

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 97.

Historical Introduction

It was built in the 18th century on the initiative of the meliks of Getashen.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 97.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Date 1989 y․

Type Photo
Author Artak Ghulian

Type Photo
Author Raphael Abgarian