Yeranos ( hy, Երանոս) is a village in the

Gegharkunik Province Gegharkunik ( hy, Գեղարքունիք, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan. It includes the exclave of Artsvas ...

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...

History

The church of St. Astvatsatsin in the village dates back to 1215, and the village also contains

Tukh Manuk Tukh Manuk (or Tux Manuk, (Armenian Թուխ Մանուկ), "Dark-skinned Youth") refers to archaic rural shrines in Armenia. Their origin is regarded to be pre-Christian or pagan, but are now a part of a folk tradition existing within the Armenian ...

and St. Sofia shrines. Following the Gavar-Martuni road, near the chicken farm, are the remains of a

cyclopean Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and with clay mortar or no use of mortar. The boulders typic ...

fort.

Gallery

Մատուռ «Խաչեր».jpg, Chapel in Yeranos Երանոս Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի 02.jpg, St. Astvatsatsin Church in Yeranos Երանոս Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի 51.jpg, St. Astvatsatsin Church interior

References

External links

World Gazeteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com * * Populated places in Gegharkunik Province {{Gegharkunik-geo-stub