Yeghegis
Church
Distance: 140
Location: Vayots Dzor
Yeghegis is a village of the Vayots Dzor Provinc. It has a rich historical past, with the medieval Zorats Church, the Tsakhats Kar Monastery and the Smbataberd fortress being located in the vicinity of Yeghegis, as well as a Jewish cemetery from the 13th century. the oldest tombstone in the cemetery having been dated to be from 1266 AD and the most recent one having been dated to be from 1346 AD.
Yeghegis was a prominent economic and political center during the Middle Ages, being the seat of the Orbelian Dynasty in the 13th and 14th centuries, which ruled most of Zangezur.
Admission: Free
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