Ghala Castle :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Ghala Castle

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Karhat (Nerkin)

Location

The fort of Ghala represents a small medieval building towering at the top of an almost impregnable rock, hardly a kilometre south of the village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 173.

Architectural Description

The monument, whose entrance opens in the west, has a semi-circular tower in the north-west. The surviving remnants of its ramparts are built of undressed stone and mortar. Evidently, the stronghold, soaring at an inaccessible height, communicated with the outer world through a hanging ladder. The vestiges of some walls and earthen buildings can be seen in its vicinity.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 173.

Type Photo
View Partial view
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Measurement
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

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