Khokhanaberd

Khokhanaberd
Խոխանաբերդ
Xanabert qalası
near the village of Vank in Nagorno-Karabakh
Walls of Khokhanaberd
Khokhanaberd is located in Azerbaijan
Khokhanaberd
Khokhanaberd
Coordinates40°00′58″N 46°31′54″E / 40.01599°N 46.53177°E / 40.01599; 46.53177
TypeCastle
Site history
Built9th century

Khokhanaberd (Armenian: Խոխանաբերդ, Azerbaijani: Xoxanabert), also known as Khanabert (Azerbaijani: Xanabert qalası) and Tarkhanaberd (Armenian: Թարխանաբերդ), is a 9th-century mountaintop fortress near the village of Vank, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. Historically a part of the Lower Khachen (Nerkin Khachen) province of the Armenian Principality of Khachen, it served as a castle and residence of several rulers of the House of Hasan-Jalalyan.


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