Jerwandashat
Jerwandashat Երվանդաշատ |
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State : | Armenia | |
Province : | Armavir | |
Coordinates : | 40 ° 7 ′ N , 43 ° 40 ′ E | |
Time zone : | UTC + 4 | |
Community type: | Village | |
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Jerwandaschat , the joy of Jerwand ( Armenian Երվանդաշատ ; also Ervandaschat, English transcription Yervandashat; formerly Kherbeklu and Kheyli-Begli ) is a village in the Armenian province of Armavir . The place has a basilica ruin from the 4th or 5th century and the Sankt-Schuschanik-Kirche from the 17th century.
Outside the present-day village are the ruins of the ancient Jerwandaschat, built by the last king of the Orontids Orontes (Jerwand) in the 3rd century BC. Founded the capital of his empire. The ancient city is perched on a cliff above the confluence of the Aras and Achurjan rivers . On the other side of the Achurjan, King Orontes built a fortress called Jerwandakert. According to the historian Moses Kagankatvatsi, Orontes founded Jerwandaschat to replace Armavir (near the modern city of Armavir ) as the capital, as Armavir had water problems due to a relocation of the Macaw. He had the figures of the gods moved from Armavir to the also founded religious center in Bagaran a few kilometers to the northwest.
Jerwandaschat city was destroyed around 364 during the Armenian campaign by the Sassanid king Shapur II and its inhabitants were deported. After that, the place could no longer find its old importance and was replaced by Artaxata . No major investigations were carried out on the archaeological site, but the fortifications and some palace remains were excavated in the 1980s.
Web links
Individual evidence
- Robert H. Hewsen: Eruandašat . In: Ehsan Yarshater (ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica . Volume VIII, as of January 19, 2012, accessed on October 19, 2013 (English, including references)
- Names Search Results for Yervandashat - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Census for Yervandashat (PDF file; 756 kB)
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia on p. 39 ( Memento from March 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF file; 1.72 MB)
- Mack Chahin: The Kingdom of Armenia