Aygeshat
Aygeshat, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is home to the ruined 6th- to 7th-century Targmanchats Vank or Church of Surb Targmanchats as well as the 18th-century Church of Surb Gevorg, partially restored in the early 20th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 1,740 residents
- Description: village in Armavir Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Aygeshat, Khoy” and “Gadzhikara”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Mesrop Mashtots church and Oshakan bridge.
Saint Mesrop Mashtots church
Church
Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church is an Armenian Apostolic church in Oshakan that contains the grave of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet. Saint Mesrop Mashtots church is situated 3½ km northeast of Aygeshat.
Oshakan bridge
Bridge
Photo: Valen1988, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oshakan bridge is situated 3 km northeast of Aygeshat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dasht and Amberd.
Dasht
Village
Dasht is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Just outside the town is a 1st millennium BCE fortress.
Amberd
Village
Amberd; known as Franganots until 1978, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village is home to the historic church of Thomas the Apostle, dating back to the 12th century.
Doghs
Village
Photo: Raz from Armenia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Doghs is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. In 894, Smbat I defeated Emir Apshin of Atrapatakan in a battle at Doghs. The town's church, dedicated to Surb Stepanos, was built in the 19th century.
Aygeshat
- Category: village in Armenia
- Location: Khoy Municipality, Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Uzbek—“Aygeshat” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Aygeshat”
- Armenian: “Այգեշատ (նախկին Էջմիածնի շրջան)”
- Armenian: “Այգեշատ”
- Armenian: “Ղուզիգիդան”
- Azerbaijani: “Hacıqara”
- Belarusian: “Айгешат”
- Cebuano: “Aygeshat”
- Chechen: “Айгешат”
- Chinese: “Aygeshat”
- Dutch: “Aygeshat”
- French: “Aygeshat”
- Georgian: “აიგეშატი”
- Greek: “Αϊγκεσάτ (Ετσμιαντζίν)”
- Greek: “Αϊγκεσάτ”
- Italian: “Aygeshat”
- Malay: “Aygeshat, Echmiadzin”
- Malay: “Aygeshat”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Aygeshat”
- Persian: “آیگشات، واغارشاپات”
- Persian: “آیگشات”
- Polish: “Ajgeszat (Wagharszapat)”
- Polish: “Ajgeszat”
- Russian: “Айгешат (бывший Эчмиадзинский район)”
- Russian: “Айгешат”
- Scots: “Aygeshat, Echmiadzin”
- Scots: “Aygeshat”
- Spanish: “Aygeshat”
- Swedish: “Ajgesjat, Aragatsotn”
- Turkish: “Aygeshat”
- Turkish: “Hacıkara (I)”
- Ukrainian: “Айгешат”
- Ukrainian: “Айґешат”
- Uzbek: “Aygeshat, Khoy”
- Uzbek: “Aygeshat”
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