40°31′13″N 44°55′51″E / 40.52028°N 44.93083°E / 40.52028; 44.93083

Lchashen Լճաշեն
A view of Lchashen and the Red Monastery (Karmir Vank)
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 40°31′13″N 44°55′51″E / 40.52028°N 44.93083°E / 40.52028; 44.93083
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Sevan
Population  ( 2011) [1]
• Total	4,969
Time zone	UTC+4 ( AMT)
Lchashen at GEOnet Names Server

Lchashen ( Armenian: Լճաշեն) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

History

The settlement dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. It has a Bronze Age cemetery, a Urartian Iron Age fortress, and a 13th-century church. It is an important archaeological site associated with the Lchashen-Metsamor culture (Etiuni).^{[ citation needed]}

Gallery

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  A view of Lchashen from the Red Monastery
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  Urartian Fortress and Lake Sevan
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  WWII monument
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  St. Hripsime Church
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  Khachkar in St. Hripsime Church
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  Gandzavank Church
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  Red Monastery
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  A view of Lake Sevan around Lchashen

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lchashen.

• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
• Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
• 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.

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