Oshakan
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Oshakan is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia located 3 kilometers southwest from Ashtarak. It is well known to historians and pilgrims of the Armenian Aposto
Oshakan as seen from the western side of Didikond Hill.
Coat of arms
Mesrop Mashtots Church
Didi Kond
Amatuni
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The House of Amatuni is an ancient Armenian noble family, known from the 4th century in the canton of Artaz, between lakes Van and Urmia, with its center at Shavarshan, and subsequently also at Aragat
Oshakan
…the Arsacid dynasty of the Kingdom of Armenia, it served as the main town of Ayrarat province and the capital of its Aragatsotn canton from which the Amatuni noble family ruled. However, Oshakan is best known for the Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church which is the burial place of Saint Mesrop Mashtots, the creator…
Vahan Amatuni monument, 5th century, Oshakan