Mayrakahag (Armenian: Մայրաքաղաք, romanized: Mayrakaghak, also called Kahakatekh) — is a fortified colony in Nagorno-Karabakh.[1] It was the residence of the Israelyan family, one of the families of the Armenian lords (meliks) in Karabakh.[2] Mayrakahag is located on the east bank of the Tartar river in the Vaghuhas village, today located in the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh.
It represents a complex of several ruined buildings, an old cemetery and the Tiramayr Monastery.[3] The monastery and the cemetery was badly destroyed in the period from 1920 to the 1930s. The Armenians called the surviving fortress towers "Sergevlaser" (meaning "quince pass" in Armenian).[4]
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Historical Armenian fortresses and castles
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