Dəstəfur (also, Dastafyur, Dəstətur, Dostafur, Dastaphour, Dastaphor and Dostafyur) is a village and municipality in the
Dashkasan Rayon
Dashkasan District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Goygol, Kalbajar, Gadabay, Shamkir, and the G ...
of
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
. It has a population of 572. Between 1930 and 2 April 1956, Dashkasan Region was known as the ''Dastafurski Rayon'' (Dəstəfur Rayon)
Monuments
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'')
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
Caucasian Albania is a modern exonym for a former state located in ancient times in the Caucasus, mostly in what is now Azerbaijan (where both of its capitals were located). The modern endonyms for the area are ''Aghwank'' and ''Aluank'', among ...
) or sometimes as Dəstəfur bazilikası
A 2017 TV programme filmed a visit to the church ruins.
Visiting the Dəstəfur church ruins - TV footage
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References
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Populated places in Dashkasan District
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