Upper Bridge :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Upper Bridge 12 — 13 cc․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Gandzak / Hin Gandzak

Location

The bridge extends over the river Gandzak in the town site of Hin Gandzak, in the north of Gandzak Town (within 160 metres of an angular tower that forms the southern part of a fortification rising on the left side of the town), Northern Artsakh—a region that suffered deportation of its Armenian population in 1988 and has been annexed to Azerbaijan since then.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 29.

Research Materials
1939 — 1940 yy․

It was studied during archaeological research conducted in Hin Gandzak from 1939 until 1940. Judging from the remnants of the left-bank pier of the bridge, it had a width of 4 metres. The monument may be attributed to the period between the 12th and 13th centuries.

Jafarzade, I. Historical and Archaeological Studies of Hin Gyanja. Baku, 1949, p. 48 (the original in Russian).
Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 29.