Papravand mausoleum ( az, Papravənd türbəsi) – is a mausoleum in

Papravənd Papravənd () or Nor Karmiravan( hy, Նոր Կարմիրավան) is a village in the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. History The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ...

village in

Agdam District Aghdam District ( az, Ağdam rayonu) is one of the 66 administrative divisions of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojaly, Kalbajar, Tartar ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...

. It was constructed in the 14th century. The mausoleum is considered as a unique monument of the architecture of medieval ages. The mausoleum was cleaned, measured and learnt in July, 1972. Since the summer of 1993, the part of Aghdam District where the

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the interment space or burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be consid ...

is located, has been controlled by the unrecognized

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan ...

and according to the

United Nations Security Council Resolution 853 In United Nations Security Council resolution 853, adopted unanimously on 29 July 1993, after reaffirming United Nations Security Council Resolution 822, Resolution 822 (1993), the Council expressed its concern at the deteriorating relations betw ...

it is occupied by the

Armenian armed forces The Armed Forces of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի զինված ուժեր, Hayastani zinvats uzher), sometimes referred to as the Armenian Army ( hy, Հայկական Բանակ, Haykakan Banak), is the national military of Armenia. It consist ...

.Резолюция СБ ООН № 853 от 29 июля 1993 года
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Architecture

The mausoleum is quadrangular in its external shape, but the inner hall is cross-shaped. The external dimensions of the mausoleum are – , but the internal dimensions are . The mausoleum walls are tall, and thick and covered with

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

. The plan of the mausoleum is typical for the 16th century and is related to the construction of the

cupola In architecture, a cupola () is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building. Often used to provide a lookout or to admit light and air, it usually crowns a larger roof or dome. The word derives, via Italian, from ...

. Its central part is covered with a cupola, but its branches are covered with

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. The transition of the central square to the cupola is made with the help of

pendentive In architecture, a pendentive is a constructional device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or of an elliptical dome over a rectangular room. The pendentives, which are triangular segments of a sphere, taper to points ...

s. Entrance to the mausoleum is from the open veranda of the main facade. There are small niches with dimensions of and in the other three facades from the inner part. At present, the mausoleum is partly destroyed. There aren’t any ligatures on the mausoleum. Taking into account the architectural structure of the building - arched construction with a cupola, and also the decorative work on the facades’ walls, the monument dates from the 16th century.К. М. Мамед-заде. Строительное искусство Азербайджана. Стр. 50

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* Мамед-заде К. М. Паправендский мавзолей. — ДАН Азерб. ССР, 1974. — № 12. — С. 86— 89. {{coord, 40.157047, N, 46.841712, E, type:landmark_scale:100000_source:ruwiki, display=title Buildings and structures completed in the 14th century Mausoleums in Azerbaijan Tourist attractions in Azerbaijan Islamic architecture Buildings and structures in Aghdam District Islamic mausoleums