Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Khachbulagh

Description
19 c․

In the late 19th century, a visitor described the local church in the following way, “The devastated village site retains a remarkable church dated 1710. It is built of finely-cut stones and rests on 4 pillars. A little far from the sanctuary extends a grave-yard.”

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 287.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 196.

1927 y․

In 1927 Badam Grigorian, an inhabitant of Brajur (born in 1914), saw the monument still standing, with part of its vaulted roof destroyed. According to him, it was located on a mountain slope on the left bank of the river Artinajur and bore a weathered inscription on its entrance arch.