Aghavnadzor, Vayots Dzor

Coordinates: 39°47′01″N 45°13′41″E / 39.78361°N 45.22806°E / 39.78361; 45.22806

Aghavnadzor
Աղավնաձոր
Aghavnadzor
Աղավնաձոր
Coordinates: 39°47′01″N 45°13′41″E / 39.78361°N 45.22806°E / 39.78361; 45.22806
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Vayots Dzor
Population (2008)
  Total 2,091
Time zone   (UTC+4)
  Summer (DST)   (UTC+5)

Aghavnadzor (Armenian: Աղավնաձոր; also Romanized as Akhavnadzor and Agavnadzor; formerly Aynadzor; Aynazur) is a village in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. 1 km east of the village is the 13th-century Aghjkaberd fort. The 12th-century church of S. Astvatsatsin is 4 km northeast, with a funerary monument from the year 1009 nearby. The ruins of a caravanserai are 4 km northwest, and 4 km north is the 13th- or 14th-century Ul Gyughi church.

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