Norashen ( hy, Նորաշեն) is a village in the Berd Municipality of the

Tavush Province Tavush ( hy, Տավուշ, ) is a province of Armenia located at the northeast of Armenia, bordered by Georgia from the north and Azerbaijan from the east. Internally, Tavush borders the Gegharkunik Province from the south, Kotayk Province from ...

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 ' ...

. There is a museum in the village, as well as 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 close by.

Gallery

Norashen Tavush Province-02.jpeg, A view of Norashen Cyclopean fortress in Norashen.jpg, The cyclopean fort Norashen (Tavush) central street.jpg, Street in Norashen Նորաշեն գյուղի սարերում.jpg, Scenery around Norashen Monument Norashen (Tavush).jpg, WWII monument in Norashen Norashen nature.jpg, Scenery around Norashen Monument in Norashen, Tavush.jpg,

Armenian genocide The Armenian genocide was the systematic destruction of the Armenian people and identity in the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Spearheaded by the ruling Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), it was implemented primarily through t ...

memorial in Norashen

References

External links

*Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 113, available online at th
US embassy to Armenia's website
* Populated places in Tavush Province {{Tavush-geo-stub