Bagher Bridge :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Bagher Bridge 1886 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Banants

Location

This single-span bridge is situated in a site called Bagher in Banants Village, Karhat (Dashkesan) 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. 121.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 83.

Historical Introduction
1886 y․

It was built in 1886 over the river Artinajoor, “at the edge of Kurdunts Gorge.”

Nor-Dar, 1887, No. 113, p. 3.
Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 121.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 83.

Architectural Description

The building material used in its construction comprised undressed stone and mortar.