Akunk ( hy, Ակունք) 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 Artsvashe ...

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 village was founded on the site of a Bronze Age settlement and to the west of Akunk, there is 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, ''Klor Dar'', dating from between the 6th and 4th centuries BC. There are two

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 ...

pilgrimage sites in the village as well.

Gallery

Ակունք Հին Գոմեր Գերեզմանոց 1 (30).jpg, Khachkar and scenery near Akunk Ակունք Հին Գոմեր մատուռ (1).jpg, Hin Gomer church ruin Բնակատեղի «Կլոր դար» մ.թ.ա. 4 դ. - մ.թ. 3 դդ.,.jpg, Klor Dar cyclopean fort, 6th-4th century BC.Virtual Armenia - Gegharkunik
/ref> Խաչքար 10-17 դդ.jpg, A khachkar, and a view of Akunk Ակունք Հին Գոմեր Գերեզմանոց 2 (81).jpg, Hin Gomer khachkars

References

External links

* * Populated places in Gegharkunik Province {{Gegharkunik-geo-stub