Arzakan

Arzakan Արզական
Village
Arzakan
Arzakan
Coordinates: 40°26′58″N 44°36′23″E
Country	Armenia
Province	Kotayk
Population  (2011)
• Total	2,390

Arzakan (Armenian: Արզական, previously known as Arzakyand), is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The Aghveran resort is located in Arzakan. There are the large ruins of the 10th- or 11th-century Neghutsi Vank, located along a ravine to the northwest of the village. There are also the 13th-century monastic ruins of Ghuki Vank and 13th-century ruins of Surb Gevorg in the vicinity.

Gallery

• 
  S. Astvatsatsin Church at Neghutsi Vank, 10th-11th centuries
• 
  South entrance to the gavit at Neghutsi Vank
• 
  Village church door
• 
  Stone pillar set on a plinth with a carving of a woman (possibly S. Astvatsatsin) adjacent to the church
• 
  S. Astvatsatsin Church, 1207
• 
  Ghuki Vank, 13th century

See also

• Kotayk Province

References

• Arzakan at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia