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Ptghni ( hy, Պտղնի), is a village located in the Kotayk Province of Armenia along the left bank of the
Hrazdan River The Hrazdan ( hy, Հրազդան գետ, ) is a major river and the second largest in Armenia. It originates at the northwest extremity of Lake Sevan and flows south through the Kotayk Province and Armenia's capital, Yerevan; the lake in turn is f ...
. It was founded in 1831 in the vicinity of an abandoned dwelling. The village has a school, kindergarten, house of culture, and a library. The local economy is dependent on agriculture and local inhabitants primarily grow grapes, melons, gourds, and breed cattle. Within the village are the remains of fortress walls and Ptghavank of the 6th to 7th-century.


Gallery

Image:Ptghavank1.JPG,
Ptghnavank Ptghnavank (Armenian: Պտղնավանք) or Ptghni temple (Armenian:Պտղնի Վանք) is located in the village of Ptghni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Architecture The temple is a domed single-nave basilica type completed in the 6th ...
, 6th-7th c. Image:Ptghni Khachkar.JPG, Khachkar monument beside the road leading to the village.


See also

* Kotayk Province


References

*
World Gazeteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com *
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External links


Communities Association of Armenia: PtghniPtghnavank Monastery
https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135502/http://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/93721775 Ptghnavank
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https://web.archive.org/web/20180101135523/http://ssl.panoramio.com/photo/93721825 Ptghnavank
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Populated places in Kotayk Province {{Kotayk-geo-stub