Lchashen

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

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Lchashen Լճաշեն
A view of Lchashen and the Red Monastery (Karmir Vank)
Coat of arms
Lchashen Show map of Armenia Lchashen Show map of Gegharkunik
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

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

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).

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.