Dsegh

Coordinates: 40°57′48″N 44°39′06″E / 40.96333°N 44.65167°E / 40.96333; 44.65167

Dsegh
Դսեղ
View from Dsegh
Dsegh
Coordinates: 40°57′48″N 44°39′06″E / 40.96333°N 44.65167°E / 40.96333; 44.65167
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Lori
Population (2008)
  Total 2,698
Time zone UTC+4 ( )

Dsegh (Armenian: Դսեղ), known as Tumanyan between 1938 and 1969, is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. Dsegh is the birthplace of one of the most celebrated of Armenian poets Hovhannes Tumanyan.[1]

House-Museum of Hovhannes Tumanyan in Dsegh
St. Gregory the Illuminator Church of Dsegh

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 67, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
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