Kosh, Armenia

Kosh
Կոշ
The village of Kosh as viewed from Kosh Berd.
Kosh
Kosh
Coordinates: 40°17′55″N 44°09′15″E / 40.29861°N 44.15417°E / 40.29861; 44.15417
CountryArmenia
ProvinceAragatsotn
MunicipalityAshtarak
Population
 (2011)
 • Total
2,513[1]
Time zoneUTC+4
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5

Kosh (Armenian: Կոշ) is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, 18 km south-west of the district centre Ashtarak. The town is attested as Kvash in early Christian times. In the town are ruins of a 13th-century church - Saint Grigor - and a castle which has yielded Hellenistic pottery remains. There are numerous remains from early Iron Age residential ruins and buildings of large basalt stone blocks.

  • Map of Kosh and the surrounding region.
  • St. Gevorg church of the 19th century
  • Kosh Berd (13th century) atop a hill beyond the village cemetery, with the church of St. Grigor (13th century, foreground).
  • Kosh Berd on a hilltop above the cemetery, 13th century
  • Church of St. Stepanos of the 7th century in the gorge near Kosh.
  • Church of St. Stepanos, 7th century
  • Ruins of the hilltop chapel near the church of St. Stepanos.
  • Khachkar monument of 1175 at the hilltop cemetery.

References

  1. ^ "Aragatsotn (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
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