UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
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S from Odzun
is Aygehat
(renamed Danushavan from 1963 till
1992, in honor of its native son, revolutionary and diplomat Danush
Shahverdian, who served as Armenian trade representative in Turkey from
1924-28, and then representative to the Red Cross
on refugee
resettlement). |
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From Aygehat a dirt road leads W to Ardvi. Above this village is a sacred spring with legendary dragon, and
beyond that a humble village monastery of S.
Hovhannes, allegedly founded by Yovhan
of Odzun, with church of the 17th c.,
with a large medieval
cemetery
nearby. S.
Harutyun church
of the 10th
c. and Early
Medieval pillar with
hardly
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