Alban tombstone monuments
Near Kotanli village, Pashali district, Daralayaz mahal.
Kotanli village was called Garmrashen during the Soviet rule.
Architecture
In 1920, Armenians added a cross to the monument and it is exhibited as Armenian monuments in the present period.
There are monuments belonging to the Albanian Turks from the 9th-10th centuries in Kotanli village. One of the ancient Albanian Turkish monuments in the cemetery near the village is displayed face down in the form of a headstone. Some places with a pattern have come out. It is clear that the cross has been added. Another monument was standing upright in the form of a headstone, and the patterns on it were removed and a large cross was added. Another stone, in the form of a headstone, stood upright on an orange square stone, and the pattern was removed and a cross was added (3). Armenian inscriptions were added on another stone in an upright position (4). 256 people lived in the village in 1873, 392 in 1886, 456 in 1897, 611 in 1904, 672 in 1914, and 532 in 1916. In 1918, the village was attacked by Armenians and its inhabitants were deported, and Armenians who were transferred from Turkey were settled in the village. After the establishment of the Soviet government in present-day Armenia, the survivors were able to return to their ancestral lands. In addition to Armenians, 61 Azerbaijanis lived here in 1922, 193 in 1926, and 351 in 1931.