ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Top 3 Monuments

NKR (Country) / Kovsakan (District) / Chavndur (District) / Top (Village)

Location

It is situated 4 km east of the Nerkin Hand village, Kapan district, and 3 km south of the right bank of Basutajur, at the right bank of the Top stream. The village is surrounded by dense forest.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 196.

Historical Introduction

The village of Top, included into the Chavndur district was one of the insignificant taxpayers of the Tatev monastery.

The Chronicle of Stephanos Orbelian, Annex, Yerevan, 1942, p. 42.
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 196.