Western Azerbaijan Heritage

Near Ardanish village, Cham­barak district, Goycha dist­rict.

Chambarak district - since 31.12. 1937 it has been called Krasnoselo.

Archaeological monu­ment

In the area of Adatepe on the Ardanish pe­nin­sula and on the peak of the mountain called "Ojak bashi", the­­re are the remains of the Albanian church, as well as the remains of an ancient settlement (the village called Ada­tepe accor­ding to histo­rical sources). Currently, it is one of the his­torical places that Armenians use to attract fo­reign tourists.

During the construction of the railway in the 70s of the 20th centuries, in a south-westerly direction of Ardanish village, in Sari Guney area large-scale excavation works were carried out, and it became clear that there are several cultural layers. On the hill in the eastern part of the village - the temple known as the shrine at the pilgrimage - there were several stones with Albanian inscriptions on them. Unfortunately, the inscriptions on those stones (about 30 cm thick, about 1.5 meters in width and length) were not studied, and the historical monuments listed above did not become objects of scientific research. That mo­nu­ment was a remnant of the Albanian church. This temple is a round structure with a diameter of about 6 meters and consists of two rooms. The entrance to the temple is to the south, towards Goycha Lake. There is a niche in the back room. The remnants of sacred pla­ces on the wall remained as the last pe­riod. In the first room there were stone inscriptions with writing on them. The glorious pages of the history of Azer­baijan were reflected in the inscriptions there. These inscriptions were written in the Goyturk alphabet. The Oghuz Turks used the Goyturk script, and the Orkhon-Yenisei was drawn with this script.

It is an unde­niable fact that the ancient in­ha­bitants of Ar­da­nish are Tur­kic tribes. The glo­rious pages of our history are reflected in the inscriptions the­re. These inscriptions are written in the Goyturk alpha­bet. The Oghuz Turks used the Goyturk script, and the Orkhon-Yenisey was drawn with this script. From this point of view, this area is important part of the his­tory of Azer­baijan.