ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Palekli Monuments

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

Location

The present-day Turkish village of Palekli, founded in the Soviet years, lies on the left bank of the river Asrik, 27 kilometres south of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,230 to 1,350 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It occupies the site of an Armenian village which was stripped of its population in the ‘70s of the 18th century. Unfortunately, its historical name has sunk into oblivion.