Lchashen
# Lchashen

40°31′13″N 44°55′51″E﻿ / ﻿40.52028°N 44.93083°E﻿ / 40.52028; 44.93083

Lchashen (Armenian: Լճաշեն) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

## History

The settlement dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. It has a Bronze Age cemetery, a Urartian Iron Age fortress, and a 13th-century church. It is an important archaeological site associated with the Lchashen-Metsamor culture (Etiuni).

## Gallery

* A view of Lchashen from the Red Monastery
* Urartian Fortress and Lake Sevan
* WWII monument
* St. Hripsime Church
* Khachkar in St. Hripsime Church
* Gandzavank Church
* Red Monastery
* A view of Lake Sevan around Lchashen
