Kerstavank Castle :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Kerstavank Castle

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Pib

Location

The Fort of Kerstavank rises on a west-facing, slanting mountain branch, on the right bank of the river Shamkor, a little below the pilgrimage site of Ruskan Nahatak, in an isolated area surrounded by deep gorges on both sides.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 215.

Description
19 c․

In the late 19th century, a visitor wrote the following about Kerstavank, “The monument is fortified by an enclosure which is partially destroyed. Its only remnants comprise the lower part of the ramparts and the vestiges of some stone buildings.”