Arzakan
Village in Kotayk, Armenia
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Arzakan
Արզական | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Arzakan | |
  Arzakan Location within Armenia | |
| Coordinates: 40°26′58″N 44°36′23″E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Kotayk |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 2,390[1] |
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.
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S. Astvatsatsin Church at Neghutsi Vank, 10th-11th centuries
South entrance to the gavit at Neghutsi Vank
Village church door
Stone pillar set on a plinth with a carving of a woman (possibly S. Astvatsatsin) adjacent to the church
S. Astvatsatsin Church, 1207
Ghuki Vank, 13th century
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