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Handaberd

Sarısa, Italy

Handaberd

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 Azerb

aijan. 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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