Aghavnadzor (Armenian: Աղավնաձոր) is a village in the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia.
Aghavnadzor
Աղավնաձոր | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 39°47′01″N 45°13′41″E / 39.78361°N 45.22806°E | |
| Country | |
| Province | Vayots Dzor |
| Municipality | Areni |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,890 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
Toponymy
editThe village was previously known as Aynadzor and Aynazur.
Historical heritage sites
editThe 12th-century church of Saint Astvatsatsin is 4 km northeast of Aghavnadzor, with a funerary monument from the year 1009 nearby. The ruins of a caravanserai are located 4 km to the northwest, and 4 km north is the 13th to 14th-century Ul Gyughi church. The 13th-century Aghjkaberd fortress is located 1 km east of the village.[2]
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editReferences
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- ↑ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
- ↑ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.