Tsovinar, Armenie

Tsovinar Ծովինար
At the village o Tsovinar wi a cemetery on the hill in the backgrund, Juin 2009.
Tsovinar Ծովինար
Coordinates: 40°09′39″N 45°27′14″E
Kintra	Armenie
Marz (Province)	Gegharkunik
Govrenment
• Mayor	Mher Martoyan
Population  (2008)
• Total	4,310
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Tsovinar (Armenie: Ծովինար; umwhile, Kolakran) is a village in the Gegharkunik Province o Armenie. The name roughly translates tae "beach beside the sea". East o the village is the Urartian ceety o Teyseba (Odzaberd) foondit bi Rusa I, wi a cuneiform inscription nearbi. It is considered tae be the best preservit Urartian steid in the Sevan basin. Juist ootside o the village heidit sootheast are numerous stanes scattered athort the side o a hill. It is aw that remains o an auncient village destroyed durin a war lang ago. Some human bones an auld coins hae been foond in this aurie bi villagers frae Tsovinar, attestin tae the story o wha haed happened here. No too far awa are twa sma single-nave kirks an ae. The kirk o Topi Galugh sits on a hill sootheast atween Tsovinar an Artsvanist, while the kirk o Surb Sarkis biggit atween 1100-1200 sits sooth o the village o Tsovinar on a promontory owerleukin a sma gorge. Next tae Surb Sarkis is a sma cemetery, an juist belaw the kirk in the gorge is a sma spring an cave. Further sooth are the remains o the auncient village o Karmrashen, which contains the kirk o Hnevank, the monument o Yot Verk Matur, numerous khachkars, an some tombs.

Gallery

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  Owerleukin Teyseba an Lake Sevan. Tsovinar is locatit in the distance tae the left.
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  Cuneiform inscription o Rusa I at the base o the hill o Teyseba, near the road leadin towards Artsvanist.

References

• Tsovinar, Armenie at GEOnet Names Server
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
• Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
• Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 46; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.