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Vagharshavan Bridge

Turkey / Erzrum / Basen / Kyoprikyoy

In 2005 the RAA research team photographed an information board near the left-bank pier of Hovvi (Shepherd’s) Bridge: as of 2008, it remained unchanged.
(in Turkish): Çobandede köprüsü. Köprü Karga Pazarı dağları ile Aras nehrinin birleştiği yere yapılmıştır. Köprünün yapımı ilhanlı hükümdarı Gazan Han’ın gerçekleştirdiği büyük imar çalışmalari dönemine rastlar (M:1295-1304). Köprü bu dönemde Gazan Han’ın veziri Emir Çoban Salduz tarafından miladi 1297-1298 yıllar arasında yaptırılmıştır. Boyu: 128 metre. Eni: 8.50 metre. Kemer göz adedi 7 (bir göz iptal edilmiştir). En büyük kemer açıklığı: 13.00 metre. En yüksek noktası: 30.00 metre. (in English) The Cobandede Arcbridge. The arcbridge is located in conjuction with the Kargapazari mountains and the Aras river construction period of the bridge dates back to the times 1295-1304 during Ilhanli’s period of the ruler Gazan Han’s huge constroction work took place at this period of time the brigde was built by the governer Emir Coban Salduz between 1297-1298. Length: 128 meters. Width: 8.50 meters. Number of segments: 7 (one segment was eliminated). Maximum arc width: 13.00 meters. Maximum height: 30.00 meters. Transl. from Turkish: Bridge of Chobandede. It was built at the conjunction of the Kargabazar mountains and the river Aras when the construction activity of Gazan Han (1295 to 1304) was at its peak. It was erected by Emir Choban Salduz, the Minister of Gazan Han, between 1297 and 1298. The bridge has a length of 128 and a height of 8.5 metres. It has 7 spans (one of them has been destroyed), the largest of which is 13 metres, with the highest point of the bridge reaching 30 metres.

Kortoshian Raffi, What is Concealed in the Turkish Information Boards of Historical Monuments in Western Armenia?, in: "Vardzk", 2011, N 4, p. 7.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2005 y․

Type Photo
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Author Raffi Kortoshian
Source Colour Negative
Date 2007 y․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Hovvi