Teri Bridge :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Teri Bridge 19 — 20 cc․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Getashen

Location

The bridge of Ter stretches across the river Kurak in Getashen Village—stripped of its Armenian population and occupied by Azerbaijan since May 1991—Shahumian District, Republic of Artsakh (RMK).

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 126.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh. Yerevan, 2007, p. 371.

Historical Introduction
19 — 20 cc․

It was erected either in the late 19th, or early 20th, century on the initiative of Village Head of Getashen Arstam Yepiskopossian with an amount of money accumulated on account of the fines paid by the local disobedient inhabitants.

Nor-Dar, 1887, No. 127, p. 3.
Mshak, 1913, No. 123, p. 2 (the originals in Armenian).
Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 126.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh. Yerevan, 2007, p. 371.

Architectural Description

The bridge piers were built of stone, and the span of wood.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 126.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Terumts
Terteri