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   Heading S before Vardenis, one  road goes to Akunk (till 1935 Ghrkhbulagh), with 6-4th c. BC fort, Klor Dar cyclopean fort W of village, Bronze Age settlement, two Tukh Manuk pilgrimage sites.

   Vardenis,   till   1969   Basargechar, anciently Vasakashen, was settled in 1830 from Western Armenia. There are two hotels as well as Bronze Age tombs. Leaving the city on the E road (the 10 o’clock turn on the roundabout), there is on the left a large late 19th/early 20th c. Astvatsatsin church,   built   on  earlier  foundations.

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Surrounding the church are fine khachkars and tombstones of a 16th c. burial ground.

"GNEL KHACHATRYAN" cheese  factory