Handaberd
| Handaberd Monastery | ||
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| place | approx. 15 km northeast of Karwachar | |
| Construction year | 1276 | |
| Coordinates | 40 ° 13 '24.3 " N , 46 ° 8' 44.7" E | |
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Hand Aberd ( Armenian Հանդաբերդ ) is a former Armenian monastery near the eponymous castle ruins in the province shahumyan region of the de facto independent, but de jure Azerbaijan associated Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
location
Handaberd is located in the north of the province in a wooded mountain landscape 15 km northeast of the provincial capital, near the road that connects Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia via the Sotk Pass.
history
Based on a building inscription, the time of construction of the complex can be dated to 1276. The monastery still consists of a domed church, a chapel connected to it and a bell tower a little north of the complex.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabagh (Yerevan 2001), pp. 22-25.