Cemetery :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cemetery

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Hatstap

Location

The cemetery of Hatstap extends on a bare hillside at the south-western edge of the village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 167.

Historical Introduction

Distinguished for its densely-lying graves, it retains several low, rectangular tombstones with double-stepped edges, and more than a 100 undressed stone slabs placed in an eastwest-facing position. The surviving gravestones, dating from the 14th to 18th centuries are devoid of any reliefs and epitaphs, with the exception of a single one.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 167.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative