Kosh, Armenia
| Kosh Կոշ | |
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The village of Kosh as viewed from Kosh Berd. | |
  Kosh | |
| Coordinates: 40°18′09″N 44°09′25″E / 40.30250°N 44.15694°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Aragatsotn |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 2,804 |
| Time zone | (UTC+4) |
| • Summer (DST) | (UTC+5) |
Coordinates: 40°18′09″N 44°09′25″E / 40.30250°N 44.15694°E Kosh (Armenian: Կոշ, also Romanized as Koghes; formerly, Kvash) is a village in the Ashtarak district, Aragatsotn province, Armenia, about 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.
Gallery
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Map of Kosh and the surrounding region.
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St. Gevorg church of the 19th century
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Kosh Berd (13th century) atop a hill beyond the village cemetery, with the church of St. Grigor (13th century, foreground).
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Kosh Berd on a hilltop above the cemetery, 13th century
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Church of St. Stepanos of the 7th century in the gorge near Kosh.
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Church of St. Stepanos, 7th century
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Ruins of the hilltop chapel near the church of St. Stepanos.
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Khachkar monument of 1175 at the hilltop cemetery.
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kosh, Aragatsotn. |
- Kosh, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
- Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 17, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
