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New Bridge 19 c․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Shamkhor / Shamkor

Location

The new bridge of Shamkor Town Site, Shamkhor District, Northern Artsakh—a region that suffered deportation of its Armenian population in 1988 and has been annexed to Azerbaijan since then—is located close to an older bridge.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 116.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was built of stone in the mid-19th century under the patronage of Altuniants from Gandzak, with the support of the local inhabitants (3,000 carts were used for only the transportation of building material).

Collected Acts of the Caucasian Archaeological Commission, vol. 11, Tiflis, 1888, p. 817 (the Russian original reads, “Строит Елисаветопольский житель милиции шт.-ротм. Алтунов, на собственный счет, с нарядом от жителей 3000 ароб для перевозки материалов”).
Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 116.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 519.