Arzakan

Coordinates: 40°26′58″N 44°36′23″E / 40.44944°N 44.60639°E / 40.44944; 44.60639

Arzakan Արզական
Arzakan
Arzakan
Coordinates: 40°26′58″N 44°36′23″E / 40.44944°N 44.60639°E / 40.44944; 44.60639
Country	Armenia
Province	Kotayk
Population (2008)
• Total	2,889

Arzakan (Armenian: Արզական, previously known as Arzakyand), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The Aghveran resort is located in Arzakan. There are the large ruins of the 10th- or 11th-century Neghutsi Vank, located along a ravine to the northwest of the village. There are also the 13th-century monastic ruins of Ghuki Vank and 13th-century ruins of Surb Gevorg in the vicinity.

Gallery

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  S. Astvatsatsin Church at Neghutsi Vank, 10th-11th centuries
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  South entrance to the gavit at Neghutsi Vank
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  Village church door
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  Stone pillar set on a plinth with a carving of a woman (possibly S. Astvatsatsin) adjacent to the church
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  S. Astvatsatsin Church, 1207
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  Ghuki Vank, 13th century

See also

• Kotayk Province

References

• Arzakan at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia

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