Dsegh

Coordinates: 40°57′48″N 44°39′06″E / 40.96333°N 44.65167°E

Dsegh
Դսեղ

View from Dsegh
Dsegh
Coordinates: 40°57′48″N 44°39′06″E / 40.96333°N 44.65167°E
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Lori
Population (2008)
  Total 2,698
Time zone   (UTC+4)

Dsegh (Armenian: Դսեղ), known as Tumanyan between 1938 and 1969, is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. Dsegh is the birthplace of one of the most celebrated of Armenian poets Hovhannes Tumanyan.[1]

House-Museum of Hovhannes Tumanyan in Dsegh
St. Gregory the Illuminator Church of Dsegh

References

  1. Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 67, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website