Aghavnatun

Coordinates: 40°14′00″N 44°15′05″E / 40.2333333°N 44.25139°E / 40.2333333; 44.25139

Aghavnatun Աղավնատուն
Aghavnatun Աղավնատուն
Coordinates: 40°14′00″N 44°15′05″E / 40.2333333°N 44.25139°E / 40.2333333; 44.25139
Country	Armenia
Province	Armavir
Population (2008)
• Total	3,164

Aghavnatun (Armenian: Աղավնատուն, also Romanized as Akhavnatun, Agavnatun; formerly, Akhavnatukh) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town has a the ruins of an Iron Age fort, a 13th century tomb and chapel. There are four churches, the oldest of which is Saint Gevorg of the 10th century. A hill top just outside of town is dominated by a circular tower the purpose and date of which is not known.

Gallery

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  The small church of Karmravor sits hidden between fields and off of a dirt road. The present church was reconstructed upon old foundations, but portions of the original structure still remain intact.

References

• Aghavnatun at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio 
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 36; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

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