Garabaghlar Mausoleum

The Garabaghtar Mausoleum is located in the village of the same title. Besides, there are remains of two minarets and one building complex close to the village. It is supposed that, they were the spiritual buildings constructed in the end of 12th, beginning of 13th century.The date of construction of this mausoleum in Garabaglar is unknown. Presumably it is the 14th century. Mausoleum consists from the plinth burial place and the onground part, that reminds the traditional mausoleums of a tower type. The bottom of its upper level is formed from separate semi-cylindrical elements, thus its different sides are lightened in different degrees

Colorful, plates were used for decorating of the mausoleum. Mausoleum is decorated with geometrical and vegetative ornaments. As it is peculiar to Azerbaijan's mausoleums the entrance door in portals of the Garabaglar mausoleum is considerably small in comparison with the portal and the mausoleum itself. Architects used this special method aiming to achieve the imagination of the mausoleum's being of the impressive sizes.

The name of the architect and time of construction of this mausoleum are not known, but we know that minarets of this architectural complex were constructed much later. One of three ancient mausoleums near the Dar village (Nakhchivan) still exits there. It is a three-stored structure: The first floor - underground burial place, the second - onground room, the third - cupola formed structure. The onground part of this mausoleum has the shape of an eight-sided prism. The time of construction of this mausoleum is probably the 14th century.