Castle in the village of Galadibi

In Qaladibi village of Gamarli district of Garnibasar district

Gamarli district – since 04.09.1945 Artashat

Architecture

The remains of the foundations of the fortress complex near Galadibi remain on the site. These are considered by Armenians to be "Armenian monuments".

Galadibi was once a village in the Iravan district of the Iravan province, now in the Artashat region. The ancient historical fortress is located above the Davagez River (now part of the Ararat province) on the outskirts of the village of Galadibi in the Gamarli (Artashat) region of Western Azerbaijan. Armenians call the fortress Kakava-berd or Keghi.
At the foot of the fortress was the village of Galadibi, whose population consisted exclusively of Azerbaijanis. The village is mentioned on the 5-verst map of the Caucasus. In the 1930s, it was subordinate to the Vedi (Ararat) region.
In 1873, 155 Azerbaijanis lived in the village, in 1886, 221 in 1897, 242 in 1904, 399 in 1914, and 428 in 1916. In 1918, the villagers were forcibly and massacred by the Armenians.
After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the surviving Azerbaijanis were able to return to their villages.
In 1922, 126 Azerbaijanis lived here, in 1926, 130, in 1931, and 387 in 1939. By a special decision of the USSR Council of Ministers, Azerbaijanis were forcibly removed from their historical and ethnic lands and resettled to Azerbaijan in 1948–1949. The village was liquidated in 1950.

The toponym is a combination of two words: "castle" and "dib", which means "the furthest, deepest place of a place". It seems that the village was named this way because it was built next to the castle. It is a complex toponym formed on the basis of the relief.