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Vantage-Point

NKR / Karvajar / Chapni

Location

As a part of mighty defense system Handaberd was associated with watchtowers, which patrolled the vicinity from the mountain peaks. One of such watch-towers was situated on the altitude of 2018 m above the sea, on top the mount Pahak ‘Guard’ (or Turk. Gharaul), wherefrom it could signal to the northeastern tower of Handaberd.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 21.

Architectural Description

The distance between Handaberd and this watchtower is 2.4 km. The watchtower was planned as a quadrangle and built in the same technique as the fortress - with coarse stone cemented with lime mortar. Its external dimensions were 4.30x3.30 m. the walls were 70 cm wide, and the maximum height of preserved walls was 3m.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 21.

Type Measurement
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative