Tghit fortress
Tghit fortress is a ruins in Kotayk Province, Armenia. Tghit fortress is situated nearby to the peak Vranasar, as well as near the village Teghenik.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Neghuts Vank.
Neghuts Vank
Church
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Neghuts Monastery is a monastery founded in the 10th or 11th century, situated in a clearing on a hillside overlooking a valley and the village of Arzakan in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Neghuts Vank is situated 3½ km northeast of Tghit fortress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Teghenik and Buzhakan.
Teghenik
Village
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Teghenik Armenian: Թեղենիք, formerly Tkhit, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia.
Buzhakan
Village
Photo: HrantKhachatrian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Buzhakan, also Romanized as Bujhakan; formerly, Babakishi), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is situated along the eastern foothills of the Tsaghkunyats mountain range, upon a fertile slope. Buzhakan is situated 3½ km northwest of Tghit fortress.
Karashamb
Village
Karashamb is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Karashamb is the site of a major archaeological excavation of a Bronze Age cemetery with a number of barrows. Karashamb is situated 4 km southeast of Tghit fortress.
Tghit fortress
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: Kotayk Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.43694° or 40° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
44.5555° or 44° 33′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8HG6CHP4+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
way 591762780OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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In Other Languages
“Tghit fortress” goes by many names.
- Russian: “крепость Тгит”
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Highlights include Vranasar and 3405.
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