Vachutian dynasty was an Armenian noble feudal family headed by a line of princes with the title "Prince of Princes", that ruled as a suzerainty in part of Medieval Armenia from around 1206 AD to 1350 AD in the Ayraradian area and Aragatsotn Aparan.
The zhamatun of Hovhannavank was built by Kurt I Vachutian in 1250.
Mausoleum of Prince Vache Vacutian, built in 1229 in Horomos Monastery.
St. Garabed Kathoghike Church of Hovhannavank, built in 1216–1221 by Vache Vachutyan.
Astvatsankal Monastery was completed by Prince K'urd in 1244
Aparan is a town in the Aparan Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, about 50 kilometers northwest of the capital Yerevan. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town was 6,451. As per the 2016 official estimate, Aparan had a population of around 5,300.
From top left: Holy Angels Church with Mount Aragats Aparan reservoir • Battle of Abaran memorial Mausoleum of Dro • Natural landscape of Aparan Armenian alphabet park • Kasagh Basilica
4th century Ancient Greek inscriptions of Arshakuni king Tiridates II of Armenia rewarding Hrodomithr the new city of Nig (modern-day Aparan) from the Gntuni princes.
Kasagh basilica in 2014
Aparan
