Tigranakert
Tigranakert, also known as Tigranakert-Artsakh, is a ruined Armenian city dating back to the Hellenistic period, located in the Aghdam District of what is today Azerbaijan.Photo: Ліонкінг, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: archaeological site in Azerbaijan
- Also known as: “Shahbulag complex” and “Tigranakert of Artsakh”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Shahbulag Castle and Vankasar Church.
Shahbulag Castle
Museum
Shahbulag Castle is an 18th-century fortress near Aghdam in Azerbaijan built by the Karabakh Khan Panah Ali. Shahbulag Castle is situated 450 metres north of Tigranakert.
Vankasar Church
Church
Photo: Vahag851, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vankasar Church is a 7th-century Armenian church located in the Agdam District, Azerbaijan. Vankasar Church is situated 2 km northwest of Tigranakert.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Çullu and Eyvazxanbəyli.
Çullu
Village
Çullu is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Quzanlı. Çullu is situated 3 km southwest of Tigranakert.
Eyvazxanbəyli
Hamlet
Eyvazxanbəyli is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan. Eyvazxanbəyli is situated 4 km northeast of Tigranakert.
Qızıl Kəngərli
Village
Photo: Ліонкінг, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Qızıl Kəngərli is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan. Qızıl Kəngərli is situated 4½ km northwest of Tigranakert.
Tigranakert
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Aghdam District, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Tigranakert” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ականակերա”
- Armenian: “Արցախի Տիգրանակերտ”
- Armenian: “Արցախյան Տիգրանակերտ”
- Armenian: “Թնգրանակերտ”
- Armenian: “Տիգրանակերտ Արցախյան”
- Armenian: “Տիգրանակերտ”
- Armenian: “Տկռակերտ”
- Asturian: “Tigranakert”
- Azerbaijani: “Şahbulaq Qıfılı saray kompleksi”
- Azerbaijani: “Tiqranakert”
- Catalan: “Tigranakert”
- Chinese: “阿爾察赫的提格蘭納克特”
- Chinese: “阿爾扎赫的提格蘭納克特”
- Classical Armenian: “Տիգրանակերտ”
- Dutch: “Tigranakert (Artsach)”
- Dutch: “Tigranakert”
- French: “Martyropolis”
- French: “Tigranakert”
- Georgian: “ტიგრანაკერტი (არცახი)”
- Georgian: “ტიგრანაკერტი”
- German: “Tigranakert”
- Italian: “Tigranocerta dell’Artsakh”
- Latin: “Tigranocerta”
- Persian: “تیگراناکرت آرتساخ”
- Portuguese: “Tigranocerta de Artsach”
- Portuguese: “Tigranocerta de Artsaque”
- Russian: “Тигранакерт”
- Russian: “Шахбулагский комплекс”
- Slovenian: “Tigranakert”
- Spanish: “Tigranakert”
- Swedish: “Tigranakert”
- Turkish: “Şahbulag kompleksi”
- Turkish: “Tigranakert”
- Ukrainian: “Тигранакерт”
- Western Armenian: “Տիգրանակերտ (Արցախ)”
- Western Armenian: “Տիգրանակերտ”
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