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Talyn caravanserai

Monument date
XV-XVII c.
Placement
Previous toponym

It is located on the road to Gum­ri and Sar­da­rabad bet­ween Alagoz Moun­tain and Arpachay in Talyn mahal in the north-west of Iravan go­ver­norate.

Placement
Current toponym

From 3.01.1935 Talyn district - Talin, Sarda­ra­bad – Ok­tem­ber  (in ho­nor of the Great October Socialist Re­vo­lution).

Classification

Architec­ture

Current situation

The ruins of the historic Talyn ca­­ravanserai, which were not protected and repaired by Ar­menians, re­main today.

Information

The caravanserai on the road was one of the places where people from different tribes took shelter, spent the night, and rested. The caravanserai  belonging to the Azerbaijanis was a place with a large yard and a special building for the tem­porary stay of caravans and travelers, for the storage of draft animals and riding equipment. Caravanserai played an im­por­tant role in the commercial and social development of the surrounding areas.

A caravanserai belonging to Azer­baijanis, the trade route pas­sing through Ta­lyn, the cen­ter of the dist­rict, to the Black Sea and Russia via Tif­lis. The fa­mous Talyn ca­ra­­vanserai was located here.