Bridge :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Bridge 13 — 14 cc․

NKR / Karvajar / Tsrtnot

Location

The bridge of Tsertnot extends across the river Trtu (Tartar), 2 kilometres north-west of Tsertnot Village, Karvajar District, Republic of Artsakh (RMK), at an altitude of 1,645 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 50.

Tsrtnot and Kholozants communicated with each other by a well preserved medieval bridge over the Trtu.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 50.

Architectural Description

Built of undressed stone and mortar, it shares the building peculiarities of similar monuments dating from the 13th century. Span length: 7.10 metres; passage width: 2.05 metres; height above water level: 4 metres.

Karapetian, Samvel. The Bridges of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2009, p. 50.
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 50.

Repairs
1980 y․

During the eighties it was repaired by local authorities - paved anew by a thick layer of concrete, which has increased the load on the vault. Fortunately the structure remained undamaged.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 50.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative

Type Photo
Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan

The bridge of Tsertnot (13th century) over the river Trtu (Tartar), Artsakh: view from the south-west

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative

Type Measurement
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

Measurement by Samvel Karaptian; preparation for publication by Ashot Hakobian