Artsvanist

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Artsvanist
Արծվանիստ
Vanevan Monastery
Vanevan Monastery
Artsvanist is located in Armenia
Artsvanist
Artsvanist
Coordinates: 40°09′18″N 45°30′28″E / 40.15500°N 45.50778°E / 40.15500; 45.50778Coordinates: 40°09′18″N 45°30′28″E / 40.15500°N 45.50778°E / 40.15500; 45.50778
Country Armenia
ProvinceGegharkunik
Founded1829-30
Elevation
1,941 m (6,368 ft)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,825
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code
1404
Artsvanist at GEOnet Names Server

Artsvanist (Armenian: Արծվանիստ) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and a large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby.[2]

Toponymy[]

The village was known as Nerkin Aluchalu and Alichali until 1968, rendered as Nizhniy Aluchalu in Russian.

History[]

The village was founded in 1829-30 by migrants from Alashkert, in present-day Eastern Turkey.[3]

Gallery[]

  • Vanevan Monastery

  • Scenery around Vanevan Monastery

  • Interior of Vanevan Monastery

  • Scenery around Artsvanisti St. Hripsime church

  • Artsvanisti St. Hripsime church

References[]

  1. ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. ^ Kiesling, Brady (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 80. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
  3. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.

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