Handaberd (castle)
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| place | approx. 15 km northeast of Karwachar | |
| Construction year | 9th century | |
| Coordinates | 40 ° 13 '24.4 " N , 46 ° 8' 12.7" E | |
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Hand Aberd ( Armenian : Հանդաբերդ), also known as Lewonaberd that is ruins of a hilltop castle near the same monastery in the province shahumyan region of the de facto independent, but de jure Azerbaijan associated Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).
location
Handaberd Castle is located in the north of the Shahumyan province in a wooded mountain landscape 15 km northeast of the provincial capital, south of the road that connects Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia via the Sotk Pass. The castle is located on a mountain top at 1665 meters above the village of Knarawan .
history
Handaberd Castle is historically important and was therefore mentioned in several Armenian chronicles. According to the Armenian chronicler of the Middle Ages Movses Kaghankatvazi, Handaberd Castle was built by Atrnerseh Smbatian in the second half of the 9th century. The first castle complex was initially very small and was located in a place that shows traces of an older complex from the 5th century. The castle complex was massively expanded at a later date. The castle also had a system of watchtowers. Of these, a watchtower on the 2018 meter high mountain Pahak, 2.4 kilometers from the castle, has been preserved. According to the inscription on a Khachkar from the Dadivank Monastery , the castle belonged to the Prince of Khachhen in the 12th century .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Samvel Karapetian: Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabagh , Jerevan 2001, pp. 20-22.