The Melik Haykazians' Princely Palace :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

The Melik Haykazians' Princely Palace 15 c․

NKR / Kashatagh / Kashatagh

Location

The princely castle is situated on the southern slope of a mountain spur ascending just between these two streams.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 148.

Description

The whole compound is surrounded by a thick fortress wall, strengthened in one corner by a tower, with a smart gate in the southern side. The two-storied castle with vaulted ceilings is within the fortified wall.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 148.

Architectural Description
1985 y․

The castle is linked with a colomned hall and other supplementary structures. Based on the research of 1985 architect Artak Ghulian provided the first architectural description of the princely quarters. In this regard he has particularly stated that “being the continuation of traditional forms and volumes applied in the compositional resolution of the palaces of Khachen and Vayots Dzor of the 12th-14th centuries, the planning and volume of Kashatagh castle is a link between the further developments of the 17th-18th cent melik residences frequent in Karabakh and Zanghezoor.”

Artak Ghulian, Stone Documents, "Azatamart", 1993, N 17, p. 11 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, pp. 148-149.

Location

Historical Introduction
15 c․

Architectural Description

Description
15 c․

Type Photo
View `
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1989 — 1992 yy․

After the reconstruction of 1989-1992

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1985 y․

Castle of Melik Haykaz and supplemental structures in 1985