Gari Bridge :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Gari Bridge 19 c․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Getashen

Location

The vaulted single-span bridge of Gar is located over the river Kurak (farther downward the bridge of Ter or Terunts) flowing through Getashen Village, Shahumian District—stripped of its Armenian population and annexed by Azerbaijan since 1991—Republic of Artsakh (RMK).

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 121.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh. Yerevan, 2007, p. 371.

Historical Introduction
1880 y․

It was built of stone by Garegin Dulunts’s father Zori in the early 1880s.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 121.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh. Yerevan, 2007, p. 371.

Architectural Description

It represented a single-span stone structure.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 121.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh. Yerevan, 2007, p. 371.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Date 1989 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
Author Raphael Abgarian
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
Author Artak Ghulian
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Garin's
Garegin's