Mausoleum

Location: Papravand, Aghdam

Condition Assessment

Status: Destroyed

Located in the village of Papravand (Aghdam district), the mausoleum appears on the Republic of Azerbaijan's list of heritage sites (inventory No.4044) as an 18 th  century architectural monument.  

Comparison of Hexagon imagery dated August 1980 2  with satellite imagery from November 2004 3  shows that the condition of the mausoleum did not change significantly in this period. In particular, the roof of the structure had already been removed by the late Soviet period.

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in August 1980; 2  drag left to see the mausoleum in November 2004. 3 

The mausoleum remained in this condition until February 2014. At some point between then and April 2019, it was destroyed.

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in February 2014; 4  drag left to see the location of the mausoleum in April 2019. 5 

Geolocation

CHW geolocated the mausoleum using images ( a ,  b ,  c ,  d ,  e ) of  Karabakh Center  post-dating the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.

References

 2  KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-200431A029, August 11, 1980.

 3  Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, November 12, 2004.

 4  ESRI Living Atlas of the World, February 20, 2014.

 5  Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, April 10, 2019.

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Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in August 1980; 2  drag left to see the mausoleum in November 2004. 3 

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in February 2014; 4  drag left to see the location of the mausoleum in April 2019. 5