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Aghkyorpi Bridge 19 c․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Khanlar

Location

The bridge of Helenendorf is situated over the river Gandzak, 5 kilometres north-east of Voskanapat Village, Khanlar District, Northern Artsakh, a region that suffered deportation of its Armenian population in 1988 and has been annexed to Azerbaijan since then.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 120.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It represents a three-span structure of the 19th century that was erected in the site of an older bridge—most presumably, still standing as of the Middle Ages—by masters invited from the neighbouring Armenian-inhabited villages.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 120.

Type Photo
Author Raphael Abgarian