Bridge :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Bridge 16 — 17 cc․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Gandzak / Gandzak

Location

This bridge stretched over the river Gandzak, in Gandzak Town of Northern Artsakh—a region that suffered deportation of its Armenian population in 1988 and has been annexed to Azerbaijan since then.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 62.

Historical Introduction

As reported by a traveller, by the mid-19th century, the remains of this once multi-span bridge had appeared overland due to the deviation of the river channel: “...a multi-span bridge, but the water dried up and did not flow in another bed, leaving the bridge on land.”

Jalaliants, S. Travel to Great Armenia, part 1, Tpghis, 1842, p. 172 (the original in Armenian).
Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 62.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 62.

Most presumably, the bridge of Gandzak, that was entirely constructed of brick, dates back to the period between the 16th and 17th centuries.