Artsvanist

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Artsvanist Արծվանիստ
Vanevan Monastery
40°09′18″N 45°30′28″E / 40.15500°N 45.50778°E / 40.15500; 45.50778
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Martuni
Founded	1829–1830
Elevation	1,941 m (6,368 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	2,825
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code	1404
Artsvanist at GEOnet Names Server

Artsvanist (Armenian: Արծվանիստ) is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and a large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby.^[2]

Toponymy

The village was known as Nerkin Aluchalu and Alichali until 1968, rendered as Nizhniy Aluchalu in Russian.

History

The village was founded in 1829-30 by migrants from Alashkert, in present-day Eastern Turkey.^[3]

Gallery

Vanevan Monastery
Scenery around Vanevan Monastery
Interior of Vanevan Monastery
Scenery around Artsvanisti St. Hripsime church
Artsvanisti St. Hripsime church

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Kiesling, Brady (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 80. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.

External links

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Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.