Mazi Bridge :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Mazi Bridge 1825 y․

NKR / Stepanakert

Location

Mazi Bridge is located across one of the left tributaries of the river Karkar, at the south-western extremity of Stepanakert, the capital of the Republic of Artsakh (RMK).
Geographical coordinates: N 39°48°27.39,°° E 46°46°02.98.°°

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 100.

Historical Introduction
1825 y․

According to an inscription (see it in the Armenian text) engraved on the capstone of the finely-finished arch of the current-resisting facade [namely the facade looking up-stream] of the bridge, it was erected in 1825.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 100.

Architectural Description

It represents a single-span structure of undressed stone and mortar (the cornerstones of the vault-bearing arch are finely-finished). Span length: 4.13 metres; passage width: 7.68 metres.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 100.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved 1825 y․

According to an inscription (see it in the Armenian text) engraved on the capstone of the finely-finished arch of the current-resisting facade [namely the facade looking up-stream] of the bridge, it was erected in 1825.
In the year 1274 (1825).

Samvel Karapetian, The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 100.

Author Reprint from: M. Chantre, A travers l’Arménie russe, Paris, 1893, p. 61.

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