Handaberd (Khokhanaberd)

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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Handaberd (Khokhanaberd) ranks #3,515 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #25 of the 35 mapped in Azerbaijan. Founded 1201, it is older than 80% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 478 atlas entries founded in the 13th century. See how Azerbaijan compares in the castle statistics.

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