ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Ayitala Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Ayitala (Village)

Location

The village is located on the east-facing slope of a gorge lying at the southern foot of Mount Ghezelghaya (1,719.9 metres), in the area of the source of the Aytali Jur, i.e. the left tributary of the river Shamkor, 3 kilometres south of the district centre, between 1,490 and 1,600 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

The present-day settlement was founded in the late 19th century in the site of an Armenian village devastated and stripped of its inhabitants since the 1770s.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 66:

In the khans’ times, it belonged to Charek Monastery and served as a winter encampment (“...a place called Aytala and comprising winter dwellings since earliest times...”).