ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Pirijan 1 Monuments

NKR (Country) / Kashatagh (District) / Pirijan (Village)

Location

Pirijan (or Pirjahan) is situated on the altitude of 1210-1350 m above the sea, 3 km southwest of Alghuli, on a slope at a distance of 2 km of the Hakari River.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 167.

Description
9 — 11 cc․

Its historical name is uncertain. Broken khachkars fastened into the entrance of one of the village houses, are not inscribed. However, ornaments of the crosses are characteristic of the IX-XI cent.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 167.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Pirjahan