Arzakan

Arzakan Արզական
Arzakan Arzakan
Arzakan
Coordinates:
Country	Armenia
Province	Kotayk
Population (2008)
• Total	2,889

Arzakan (Armenian: Արզական; Arzakend) is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The Agveran 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

• Arzakan Church Door.jpg

  Village church door

• Arzakan Pillar Near to Church.jpg

  Stone pillar set on a plinth with a carving of a woman (possibly S. Astvatsatsin) adjacent to the church

• Եկեղեցի Սբ. Աստվածածին, Արզական.JPG

  S. Astvatsatsin Church, 1207

• Ghuki church, Arzakan1 (2).jpg

  Ghuki Vank, 13th century

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