ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Aghkhachi Gah Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Dashkesan (District) / Banants (Village) / Aghkhachi Gah (Sub-District)

Location

The ancient site of Aghkhachi Gah, called after a mountain summit (1,473 metres¤ of the same name, is located 2.5 kilometres north-west of Banants.

‘Aghkhach’ is the Armenian equivalent for ‘White Cross,’ and ‘Gah’ is that for ‘Throne.’ Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 139.

Description
1988 y․

A solitary cross-stone comprised all that had survived out of the sanctuary before 1988.