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Gabakhli tombstones descriptions

Monument date
XI-XII c
Placement
Previous toponym

In Gabakhli vil­la­ge, Keshish­­kand (Yeghegnad­zor) district, Da­ralayaz mahal.

Placement
Current toponym

The name of Gabakhli vil­lage was chan­ged to Goghta­nik in 1990.

Classification

Architec­ture

Current situation

The monuments were stolen in parts by the Ar­menians, the vil­lagers dis­mantled their stones and used them in the construction of their walls.

Information

In the cemetery of Gabakhli village, there were many stones with the shape of rams and horses on the graves. In addition, in the lower part of this village, there are an ancient monument and a large monument with several arches and the door facing the Qibla. These mo­numents belonged to ancient Alba­nians.