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Kangneal Khach Chapel

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Barsum

Location

Kangneal Khach (the Armenian equivalent for ‘A Standing Cross’), a chapel serving as a pilgrimage site, was located at the top of a lofty mountain towering in the vicinity of Barsum.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 467.

Historical Introduction

Near its eastern wall, “...two stones lie on each other, the one above being engraved with three cross reliefs; hence its name of ‘Kangneal Khach.’ The sanctuary is visited by both the Turkish and the Armenian believers.”