Aragatsotn is a region (marz) in Armenia. The administrative center is Ashtarak. The name of the region literally translates as “the foot of Aragats, the highest mountain of the Republic of Armenia. The main feature of the geographical position of the Aragatsotn region is that it is located between the capital of Armenia, Yerevan, and the highest mountain in the country, Aragats (4090 m), which gave the name to the region.
There are not only natural, but also historical and architectural monuments in the Aragatsotn region. Throughout the marz there are many preserved and dilapidated medieval monuments. In the neighborhood of the center of the region, in the village of Oshakan, there is the...