V-XVII AD - Lori Region

"Ardvi - General View" © 2001 Raffi Kojian, All Rights Reserved

South from Odzun is Aygehat (201 v., renamed Danushavan from 1963 till 1992, in honor of its native son, revolutionary and diplomat Danush Shahverdian, who served as Armenian trade representative in Turkey from 1924-28, and then representative to the Red Cross on refugee resettlement), from which a dirt road leads W to Ardvi (177 v.). Above this village is a sacred spring with legendary dragon, and beyond that a humble village monastery of S. Hovhannes, allegedly founded by Yovhan of Odzun, with church of the 17th c.

[Paragraph Source: Rediscover Armenia Guide]

"Cartoony belltower with ringable bell" © 2001 Raffi Kojian, All Rights Reserved