Bgheno-Noravank Monastery is an 11th-century Armenian monastery in the Syunik Marz of Armenia. It now consists of a small church dating to 1062, located on a little wooded promontory, and ornately decorated with borders and biblical reliefs. The ruins of this church were rediscovered in the 1920s by Axel Bakunts, a well-known prose writer, during one of his wanderings as an agronomist.
Akunk is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was founded on the site of a Bronze Age settlement and has a fort dating from the 6th-4th century BC. There are two Tukh Manuk pilgrimage sites in the village as well. West of Akunk is the Klor Dar cyclopean fort.
Astghadzor is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Lanjaghbyur is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, founded in 1828.
Noratus is a major and historical village in the Gegharkunik province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar. It is famous for the Noratus cemetery.
Tsovagyugh, is a major village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The ruins of a church are in the village, and upon an egg-shaped hill to the northeast are the remains of an Iron Age fort.
Tsovak is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is the site of a large Iron Age fort atop the hill to the south and west, with an 8th-century BCE cuneiform inscription of Sarduri II cut into the stone at the north edge of the fortification.
Vaghashen is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. There are two 16th-century churches in the village, and nearby are the ruins of Kyurdi Kogh and Aloyi Kogh cyclopean forts.
Vardenik, is a major village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia that sits along the Vardenis River. It was founded in 1828-29 by emigrants from Mush. There are the cyclopean fort ruins of Kaftarli 3 km south, with petroglyphs downhill along the bank of the river. Some churches and shrines can be found in the vicinity.
Drakhtik is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Jil, is a village located near the northern shore of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was founded in the 12th century. Most of the beach in close proximity to the village remains uninhibited with a strip of forested land that lines the shore. 2 km north of the village is the Dashti-ler Fort.
Khachaghbyur is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village has a ruined Iron Age fort and a 13th-century church.
Martuni is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is named in honor of Alexander Miasnikian, the first Soviet premier of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni". There are medieval forts and the 10th-century castle of Aghjaghala nearby. The first inhabitants of the community were the survivals of Armenian Genocide, mostly from Van, Alashkert, Kars and Sasoun.
Getik is a small village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1922 by settlers from Hin Bashkend, and has megalithic monuments, khachkars and an Iron Age cyclopean fort by the name of "Mughani Khach".
Vahan is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. When the village was founded in 1925, it was named in honor of Soviet politician and politburo member, Sergo Ordzhonikidze. Nearby upon a hill towards the eastern end of the village is an early Iron Age cyclopean fort.
Vanevan is a small village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
Yeranos, is a major village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It has a church of S. Astvatsatsin dating back to 1215, as well as Tukh Manuk and S. Sofia shrines. Following the Gavar-Martuni road, near the chicken farm are the remains of a cyclopean fort.
Zaritap is a village in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. For a time the village was renamed in honor of Meshadi Azizbekov, an early Bolshevik and one of the 26 Baku Commissars. In the vicinity are 13th-century khachkars and the traces of an old fort.
Zovaber is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was founded in 1830 by emigrants from Maku. The village has a church of S. Stepanos, built in 1860.
Koghb, is a major village and rural community located in the Tavush Province of Armenia, located near the town of Noyemberyan.
