Kosh ( hy, Կոշ) is a village in the
Ashtarak Municipality
Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported ...
of the
Aragatsotn Province
Aragatsotn ( hy, Արագածոտն, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the western part of the country. The capital and largest city of the province is the town of Ashtarak. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported i ...
of
Armenia
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, 18 km south-west of the district centre
Ashtarak
Ashtarak (Armenian: ), is a town and urban municipal community in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, northwest of the capital Yerevan. It is the administrative centre of the Aragatsotn pr ...
. The town is attested as ''Kvash'' in early Christian times. In the town are ruins of a 13th-century church - Saint Grigor - and a castle which has yielded
Hellenistic
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pottery remains. There are numerous remains from early Iron Age residential ruins and buildings of large basalt stone blocks.
Gallery
Image:Aruchavank-map.png, Map of Kosh and the surrounding region.
Կոշ, 2015.jpg,
Image:Kosh S. Gevorg.jpg, St. Gevorg church of the 19th century
Image:Kosh Berd and S. Grigor.jpg, Kosh Berd (13th century) atop a hill beyond the village cemetery, with the church of St. Grigor (13th century, foreground).
Image:Kosh Berd 3.jpg, Kosh Berd on a hilltop above the cemetery, 13th century
Image:Kosh Ravine S. Stepanos.jpg, Church of St. Stepanos of the 7th century in the gorge near Kosh.
Image:Kosh S. Stepanos.jpg, Church of St. Stepanos, 7th century
Image:Kosh Hilltop Chapel.jpg, Ruins of the hilltop chapel near the church of St. Stepanos.
Image:Kosh Khachkar Monument 1.jpg, Khachkar monument of 1175 at the hilltop cemetery.
References
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World Gazetteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census* Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 17, available online at th
US embassy to Armenia's website
Populated places in Aragatsotn Province
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