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Ghalaboyun Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Ghalaboyun (Village)

Location

The village lies 26 kilometres south of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,510 to 1,530 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 530.

Historical Introduction
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In the late 19th century, “…Ghalaboyin and the gorge of Ahmadi Band, located below the village…” belonged to Turkish landowner Zulghadarov.

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 11.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 530.

The present-day Turkish village was founded in the site of a derelict Armenian village. Its name (‘ghala’ is the Turkish equivalent for ‘castle,’ and ‘boyun’ is that for ‘neck’), given by some sedentary stock-breeders, indicates that a medieval stronghold used to be situated nearby.