Photos d'Arménie
Discover l'Arménie
Long considered an appendage of Armenia by visitors, often from the diaspora, on a patriotic pilgrimage to this southeastern region that wrested its independence from Azerbaijan by force of arms in 1991, Nagorno-Karabakh has cultivated its singularity under the Armenian name of Artsakh. Accessible by modern roads from Armenia, the Republic of Artsakh attracted more and more tourists, seduced by its landscapes, its heritage and the welcome of inhabitants anxious to erase the stigma of the war against Azerbaijan after the 1994 ceasefire. The war launched and won in the autumn of 2020 by Azerbaijan, which ended in a truce much more favourable to Baku, shatters this apparent normality. Protected by a Russian peacekeeping force, amputated of certain territories, Artsakh awaits an international status, but remains open, by a single road from now on, to visitors invited to be cautious in this conflict zone.
