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UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
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The
increasingly
poor dirt road
leads to
Gnishik
(3 families), almost abandoned in 1975 due to
landslides.
Some 2 km NE is Dali Khach ruined shrine. In
the village are khachkars of 9-17th c. and a church
of 1463. There are 1st millennium BC graves 2 km N of
village; allegedly by
bad road SE about
10
km
is
Hraskaberd
of
the
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At
34.3
km
is
the
Yeghegis
river,
with roads leading N to Getap on both
sides of the stream. Take the far (E)
road, bypassing
Getap,
(“River bank”, known until 1935 as
Ghoytur), home of some of the
Areni vintages. Two km
NE
of
Getap
atop
a
hill
are
ruins
of
Aghli
Vank church,
with
inscriptions.
Continuing
N
along
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9-12th
c. 4
km E of Gnishik are the remains of old Boloraberd village with a
13-14th c. Tukh Manuk chapel. S
of Boloraberd are remains of Vardablur village with a ruined
church and cemetery. There is a medieval Vardablur fortress E. Some
4 km NE of Gnishik is the former Gandzak village with a medieval
cemetery and church.
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the Yeghegis
river, note at 5.8 km the spur of a
medieval
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