Lchashen

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Coordinates: 40°31′13″N 44°55′51″E / 40.52028°N 44.93083°E / 40.52028; 44.93083

Lchashen
Լճաշեն
A view of Lchashen and the Red Monastery (Karmir Vank)
A view of Lchashen and the Red Monastery (Karmir Vank)
Lchashen is located in Armenia
Lchashen
Lchashen
Coordinates: 40°31′13″N 44°55′51″E / 40.52028°N 44.93083°E / 40.52028; 44.93083
Country Armenia
ProvinceGegharkunik
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total4,969
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Lchashen at GEOnet Names Server

Lchashen (Armenian: Լճաշեն) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

Toponymy[]

The village was known as Ordaklu until 1946.

History[]

The settlement dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. It has a Bronze Age cemetery, a Urartian Iron Age fortress, and a 13th-century church.

It is an important archaeological site associated with the Lchashen-Metsamor culture (Etiuni).

It is likely the Ishtikuni of Urartian sources.

Gallery[]

  • A view of Lchashen from the Red Monastery

  • Urartian Fortress and Lake Sevan

  • WWII monument

  • St. Hripsime Church

  • Khachkar in St. Hripsime Church

  • Gandzavank Church

  • Red Monastery

  • A view of Lake Sevan around Lchashen

References[]

  1. ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).

External links[]

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