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Ashtarak travel guide, guidebook and phrasebooks, download .pdf chapters on Lonely Planet.
Ashtarak (also Romanized as Ashtarakats Gyugh) is an industrial city in Armenia, on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, approximately 20 km north-west of the capital Yerevan, at a height of 1110 meters above sea level. It is the administrative capital of Aragatsotn province. Ashtarak with 21,600 inhabitants, is an important crossroad of routes for the Yerevan-Gyumri-Vanadzor rectangle. The city plays a great role in the national economy as well as the cultural life of Armenia through several industrial enterprises and cultural institutions. It has developed as a satellite town of Yerevan. Ashtarak is one of the oldest cities of Armenia with numerous historical and cultural monuments that allowed the town to retain the flavour of the ancient and beautiful Armenian town. It was founded in the 9th century and reconstructed in the 17th century. Best preserved among them is Karmravor (meaning reddish for its dome colur) church which dates back to the 7th century, and is dedicated to the Mother of God (Surb Astvatsatsin). It has a small cruciform central-plan, with a reddish or apricot colored dome, and an octagonal drum. Other churches include, Spitakavor (meaning whitish because of its colour) was built between the 5th-6th centuries, and Tsiranavor (meaning apricotish because of its colour) built between the 13th-14th centuries, both are located along the edge of the gorge. The city boasts two more churches, including the church of Surb Sarkis (Saint Sargis), supposedly built in the 19th century on an old foundation. Another interesting sight is an unusual bridge that crosses the Kasagh River, located in the gorge just below the church of Surb Sarkis. It was built in 1664, and features three arches that are unequal in size ... more on Wikipedia.The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
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