Aghdsk

Aghdzk () is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the Arshakid Mausoleum, a large grave monument complex and basilica of the 4th to 5th centuries. King Shapur II of Persia exhumed the bones of the Armenian kings and took them to Persia symbolically taking Armenia's power. When Sparapet Vassak Mamikonian defeated the Persians and reclaimed the bones of the Arshakuni monarchs, he buried them at Aghdzk. Remains of the monuments and the basilica may still to be seen.

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Settlement.official_name: Aghdzk
Settlement.native_name: Աղձք
Settlement.pushpin_map: Armenia#Aragatsotn
Settlement.mapsize: 150px
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Armenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Aragatsotn
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Ashtarak
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_total: 1,614
Settlement.utc_offset: +4
Settlement.utc_offset_DST: +5
Settlement.elevation_m: 1260
Settlement.image_skyline: Aghtsk.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Aghtsk

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Aghdzk is the birthplace of Catholicos Komitas I of Armenia (6th century-628).

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