Kırna

Kırna (also, Kyrna, Kirnə, Kirna and Krna) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

It is located 30 km in the north from the district center, on the left bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge.

There are secondary school, cultural house, two libraries, kindergarten, communication branch, and a medical center in the village.

The area is uneven and bordered by a high mountain range to the east and the Alinja (Ernjak) River to the west, with valleys to the north and south.

[2] Argam Aivazian identifies it as an Armenian church, belonging to the Surp Astvadsadsin monastery, built in 1330 under the patronage of Gorg, prince of Krna, his wife Yeltik, and Hovhannes Krnetsi.

[2] Kyrna Necropolis I - the archaeological monuments of the Middle Ages in the north from the same named village in the Julfa District.

In the center of the Necropolis remains the ruins of tomb built from the mud-brick which covered the area about 5×5 m. It is supposed that the monument belongs to the 14th–18th centuries.

[1] Kyrna Necropolis II - the archaeological monuments of the Middle Ages in the north from the same named village in the Julfa District.