Gosh, Armenie

Gosh Գոշ
Gosh Գոշ
Coordinates: 40°43′21″N 45°00′12″E
Kintra	Armenie
Marz (Province)	Tavush
Population  (2008)
• Total	1,079
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Gosh (Armenie: Գոշ) is a veelage locatit in the Tavush Province o Armenie. It is namit efter Mkhitar Gosh who teuk pairt in the re-biggin o the aulder monastery o Nor Ghetik durin the 12t-13t centuries, which haed been destroyed bi an earthquake in 1188. The newly biggit monastery wis later namit Goshavank in honor o Mkhitar. Goshavank is locatit juist aff the main heich-gate that runs through toun. On a hillside wast o the monastery complex sits a chapel that serves as the tomb o Mkhitar Gosh. It wis situatit tae owerleuk the monastery in which he helpit build. The chapel is square in plan wi a single centrally locatit dome abuin an ane portal. Nearbi are the ruins o wha are said tae be Mkhitar's hoose. Stane foondations an law waws still exist.

Gallery

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  Goshavank, August 2009.
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  Mkhitar Gosh's funeral chapel.
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  The ruins o Mikhtar Gosh's hoose.

References

• Gosh, 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

Freemit airtins

• Armeniapedia.org
• Virtualarmenia.am Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine