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Aghjkaberd Stronghold

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Bada

Location

The ruins of a castle called Aghjkaberd (‘Ghezghala’ in Turkish) are preserved at the top of a lofty rock, within some 4 to 5 kilometres of the aforementioned sanctuary.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 460.

Description

According to a record, “it represents a small stronghold of brick walls soaring high at the top of a rock, its territory retaining the remnants of some stone buildings. One can also see a rotten water reservoir which, apparently, used to receive water through clay pipes extending from a place called Tsamak Dzor and situated near the fine forest of Andzeghahor and the mountain encampment of Kyamasar.”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 228.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 460.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Ghezghala