Aghavnadzor, Vayots Dzor

Aghavnadzor
Աղավնաձոր
Aghavnadzor
Aghavnadzor
Coordinates: 39°47′01″N 45°13′41″E / 39.78361°N 45.22806°E / 39.78361; 45.22806
Country Armenia
ProvinceVayots Dzor
MunicipalityAreni
Population
 • Total
1,890
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Aghavnadzor (Armenian: Աղավնաձոր) is a village in the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia.

Toponymy

The village was previously known as Aynadzor and Aynazur.

Historical heritage sites

The 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]

References

  1. ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
  2. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.