Martiros, Vayots Dzor

Coordinates: 39°35′48″N 45°30′28″E / 39.59667°N 45.50778°E / 39.59667; 45.50778

Martiros
Մարտիրոս

The church of the village
Martiros
Մարտիրոս
Coordinates: 39°35′48″N 45°30′28″E / 39.59667°N 45.50778°E / 39.59667; 45.50778
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Vayots Dzor
Population (2001)
  Total 662
Time zone   (UTC+4)

Martiros (Armenian: Մարտիրոս), is a village in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. There is a newer and older section to the village.

History

A huge khachkar in the older section of the village attests that the settlement was founded in 1283 at the command of Prince Prosh and his son Paron Hasan.[1]

References

  1. Grigor Grigoryan, "Essays on the History of Syunik, 9-15th Centuries" (ОЧЕРКИ ИСТОРИИ СЮНИКА IХ-ХVвв.), Yerevan, 1990, Chapter 3, p. 130
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