Dəstəfur | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 40°26′59″N 46°10′15″E / 40.44972°N 46.17083°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Rayon | Dashkasan |
Population | |
• Total | 572 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+5 ( AZT) |
Dəstəfur (also, Dastafyur, Dəstətur, Dostafur, Dastaphour, Dastaphor and Dostafyur) is a village and municipality in the Dashkasan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 572. Between 1930 and 2 April 1956, Dashkasan Region was known as the Dastafurski Rayon (Dəstəfur Rayon) [1]
On the east of the village, over the Ganja River, is a historic stone bridge thought to date from the later 13th century. A list of Azerbaijan's ancient monuments also states that the village has a bronze age burial mound (kurgan) [2] In a pastoral valley accessible only on foot, are the reasonably intact walls of a ruined 15th-century church, described in Azerbaijani texts as an Albanian Temple (Albanian refers here to Caucasian Albania) [3] [4] or sometimes as Dəstəfur bazilikası [5] A 2017 TV programme filmed a visit to the church ruins. [6]
Dəstəfur | |
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Municipality | |
Coordinates: 40°26′59″N 46°10′15″E / 40.44972°N 46.17083°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Rayon | Dashkasan |
Population | |
• Total | 572 |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+5 ( AZT) |
Dəstəfur (also, Dastafyur, Dəstətur, Dostafur, Dastaphour, Dastaphor and Dostafyur) is a village and municipality in the Dashkasan Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 572. Between 1930 and 2 April 1956, Dashkasan Region was known as the Dastafurski Rayon (Dəstəfur Rayon) [1]
On the east of the village, over the Ganja River, is a historic stone bridge thought to date from the later 13th century. A list of Azerbaijan's ancient monuments also states that the village has a bronze age burial mound (kurgan) [2] In a pastoral valley accessible only on foot, are the reasonably intact walls of a ruined 15th-century church, described in Azerbaijani texts as an Albanian Temple (Albanian refers here to Caucasian Albania) [3] [4] or sometimes as Dəstəfur bazilikası [5] A 2017 TV programme filmed a visit to the church ruins. [6]