Albanian temple in Zod village
Monument date:
II-I c.
Placement /
Previous toponym:
Near Zod village, Basarkechar district, Goycha mahal.
Placement /
Current toponym:
The name of Zod village was changed to Sotk on 09.04.1991.
Classification:
Architecture
Current situation
In the 1960s, the Hays Armenianized them by putting their crosses and inscriptions on them.
Information:
According to some explanations, "Zod" in ancient Turkic languages means "a village, a place of residence in a hard, impassable high mountainous area". In the villages of Dashkand and Zod, 4-5 km south-east of this village, was built an Albanian temple belonging to the II-I century BC, which was quadrangular in shape, its height reached 10 m, and its top was covered with raft stones.
The village has been inhabited by Azerbaijanis since ancient times. The temple and its surroundings were the home of Turkic-Oghuz tribes.
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