ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Gharekend Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Gharekend (Village)

Location

The village is located on the south-facing slope of a mountain rising 4.5 kilometres west of the district centre, between 1,590 and 1,640 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 253.

Historical Introduction

It was founded in the site of an ancient derelict Armenian village in the Soviet years.