Ushi ( hy, Ուշի) is a village in the
Ashtarak Municipality 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
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 ' ...
. It contains a 10th-century chapel, and approximately 1 km outside the village are the ruins of
Saint Sargis Monastery of the 7th to 13th centuries. Under the Chapel of Saint Sargis (the only structure still standing), is the grave and re-interred remains of the aforementioned saint. On top of the hill adjacent to the monastery complex are the collapsed remains of an
Iron Age fortress.
Gallery
Image:Ushi Monastery.JPG, Ruins of the Saint Sargis monastic complex of the 7th to 13th centuries at Ushi
Image:Iron Age Fortress of Ushi.JPG, Iron Age fortress of Ushi
References
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World Gazetteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
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Populated places in Aragatsotn Province
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