Martiros, Vayots Dzor

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

Place in Vayots Dzor, Armenia

Martiros Մարտիրոս
The village church
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Coordinates: 39°35′48″N 45°30′28″E / 39.59667°N 45.50778°E / 39.59667; 45.50778
Country	Armenia
Province	Vayots Dzor
Municipality	Vayk
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	601
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Martiros, Vayots Dzor at GEOnet Names Server

Martiros (Armenian: Մարտիրոս) is a village in the Vayk Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. There is a newer and an 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.^[2]

Gallery

Scenery around Martiros
Khachkar in Martiros
Memorial spring to fallen in WWII
Scenery around Martiros
Martirosavank

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ Grigor Grigoryan, "Essays on the History of Syunik, 9-15th Centuries" (ОЧЕРКИ ИСТОРИИ СЮНИКА IХ-ХVвв.), Yerevan, 1990, Chapter 3, p. 130

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martiros.

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.