Aygeshat
Aygeshat, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia.
Aygeshat, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It is home to the ruined 6th- to 7th-century Targmanchats Vank or Church of Surb Targmanchats as well as the 18th-century Church of Surb Gevorg, partially restored in the early 20th century. There is also an early tower of Adar Davit on a hill nearby from the 2nd or 1st centuries BC. There is also a monument dedicated to the victims of World War II, 2nd- to 1st-century tombs, 10th- to 18th-century graves, and an early 19th-century wall. The village has a school, first aid station, house of culture, and a community center.
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Worth seeing in and around Aygeshat
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Saint Mesrop Mashtots
Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church is an Armenian Apostolic church in Oshakan that contains the grave of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet. It is one of Armenia's better known churches and a pilgrimage site.
3.5 km · cultural heritage monument of Armenia · Wikipedia - 02Targmanchats Vank
Targmanchats Vank of the 6th to 7th century is located within the village of Aygeshat in the Armavir Province of Armenia just off the main road through town. The site is gated and one must inquire about accessing the church.
200 m · cultural heritage monument of Armenia · Wikipedia
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Getting to Aygeshat
- Airports
- Zvartnots (EVN), 14 km · Shirak (LWN), 68 km · Nakhchivan (NAJ), 154 km
- Gyumri → Aygeshat72 km · quickest by road, 2h 10m · $8–11
- Nakhchivan → AygeshatTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Tbilisi → Aygeshat191 km · quickest by road, 5h 47m · ₾32–43
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No local-transport research exists yet for Aygeshat
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Aygeshat. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inMarshrutkas to Echmiadzin (line 203) start from the central (Kilikiya) bus station in Yerevan, at least every 30 mins, more often in busy periods, and take 20-30 mins.
- Get aroundZvartnots is 5 km east, back towards Yerevan: take a marshrutka (several alternatives to the 203 for this short hop) or taxi.
From Wikivoyage: Echmiadzin, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-05.
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Aygeshat is 20 km from Yerevan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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