Melik Mnatskanyan's Bridge :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Melik Mnatskanyan's Bridge 18 c․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Getashen

Location

The bridge is found over the river Kurak in the north-east of Getashen Village—stripped of its Armenian population and occupied by Azerbaijan since May 1991—Shahumian District, Republic of Artsakh (RMK).

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 97. Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh. Yerevan, 2007, p. 371.

Historical Introduction
18 c․

It was built in the 18th century on the initiative of the meliks of Getashen.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 97.

Architectural Description

It represented a single-span stone structure.