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Lchashen

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

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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).