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The fate of sacred places in Nagorny Karabakh as a symbol of unsuccessful conflict transformation

Slavomír Horák and Tomáš Hoch · 2023

Catalogue summary

Through Armenian- and Azerbaijani-associated sacred sites, this article studies how shifts in territorial control lead monuments to be reclassified, resacralized, or stripped of earlier meanings.

Why this matters

It treats churches, monasteries, and mosques as evidence of failed conflict transformation and provides a comparative framework for monitoring vulnerable heritage after war.

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Published in

Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic series

Year

2023

Language

English

DOI

10.12775/bgss-2023-0002

Citation

Slavomír Horák and Tomáš Hoch 2023. The fate of sacred places in Nagorny Karabakh as a symbol of unsuccessful conflict transformation. Bulletin of Geography Socio-economic series. https://doi.org/10.12775/bgss-2023-0002

Topics

Artsakh Religion and church history Archaeology, art, and material culture Gender, family, memory, and oral history

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