Kosh, Armenia
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Kosh 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 remainings from early Iron Age residential ruins and buildings of large basalt stone blocks.
Ashtarak
Ashtarak is an industrial city in Armenia, on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, approximately 20 km north-west of the capital Yerevan, at a height of 1110 meters above sea level. It is the administrative capital of Aragatsotn province...
district, Aragatsotn
Aragatsotn
Aragatsotn is a province of Armenia. It is in the west of the country, and its capital is Ashtarak. The name means "a foot of Aragats" . During the Arsacid Dynasty of the Kingdom of Armenia, the region was part of the Ayrarat province...
province, Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
, about 18 km south-west of the district centre Ashtarak
Ashtarak
Ashtarak is an industrial city in Armenia, on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, approximately 20 km north-west of the capital Yerevan, at a height of 1110 meters above sea level. It is the administrative capital of Aragatsotn province...
. 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 remainings from early Iron Age residential ruins and buildings of large basalt stone blocks.