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Lchashen () is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Lchashen
Settlement.native_name
Լճաշեն
Settlement.image_skyline
Red Monastery in Lchashen 100.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
A view of Lchashen and the Red Monastery (Karmir Vank)
Settlement.pushpin_map
Armenia#Gegharkunik
Settlement.mapsize
150px
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Armenia
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Gegharkunik
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Sevan
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
4,969
Settlement.timezone
AMT
Settlement.utc_offset
+4
Settlement.image_shield
Coat of arms of Lchashen.png

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Lchashen () is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

== History == The settlement dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. It has a Bronze Age cemetery, a Urartian Iron Age fortress, and a 13th-century church. It is an important archaeological site associated with the Lchashen-Metsamor culture (Etiuni).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lchashen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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