Makun Bridge :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Makun Bridge 1890 y․

NKR / Hadrut / Mets Tagher

Location

Makun Bridge lies over a tributary flowing through Metz Taghk Village towards the river Ishkhanaget, at the southern extremity of the same village (Hadrut District, Republic of Artsakh (RMK)).

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 123.

Historical Introduction
1890 y․

According to its four-line construction inscription, carved in Armenian on a finely-finished piece of stone (33 x 30 x 13 centimetres)—once set in the facade of the bridge looking downstream, but at present fallen off its original place—it dates back to 1890.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 123.

Architectural Description

Span length: 5.15 metres; passage width: 3.50 metres.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 123.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1890 y․

According to its four-line construction inscription, carved in Armenian (see it in the Armenian text) on a finely-finished piece of stone (33 x 30 x 13 centimetres)—once set in the facade of the bridge looking downstream, but at present fallen off its original place—it dates back to 1890.
In memory of Ghazar Harutiun Bejaniants, 1890.

Samvel Karapetian, The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 123.

Type Copied Lapidary Inscription
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Graphical Drawing

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan

Type Measurement
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

Measurement by Samvel Karaptian; preparation for publication by Ashot Hakobian