Igadzor :: ARTSAKH LOCATIONS

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NKR (Country) / Karvajar (District) / Igadzor (Village)

Location

The villages Yeritsushen and Igadzor are situated at the left bank of a stream flowing out of the lake Gortagarak (Iritsajur), that passes through the deep gorge. Both villages are surrounded by thick forests and are built in smaller ravines along the streams (especially Igadzor).

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 37.

Historical Introduction

There are no written records relating Igadzor as a whole, but one of the quarters of this once flourishing village was mentioned as an estate donated to the Holy Virgin convent (Surb Astvatzatzin), in the donatory inscription discovered 4 km southwest of the village, near the confluence of the Trtu and Igadzor.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 37.

Description

Igadzor was actually divided to several quarters since the Middle Ages. This was witnessed by another inscription of Surb Astvatzatzin convent, which, though undated, manifested apparent paleographic features characteristic of the XII-XIII cent.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 37.

19 y․

The name of this village was later almost calqued - Baghrlu.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 37.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Baghrlu