Dashtadem, Aragatsotn

Coordinates: 40°20′N 43°51′E / 40.333°N 43.85°E / 40.333; 43.85

Dashtadem Դաշտադեմ
The keep inside the Dashtadem fortress
Dashtadem
Coordinates: 40°20′N 43°51′E / 40.333°N 43.85°E / 40.333; 43.85
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Aragatsotn
Population (2001)
– Total	613
Time zone	(UTC+4)
– Summer (DST)	(UTC+5)

Dashtadem (Armenian: Դաշտադեմ; formerly, Nerkin Talin; Russified as Nizhniy Talin; both meaning "lower Talin") is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town contains a large fortress dating to the 10th century but substantially rebuilt in the 19th century along with a chapel dedicated to Saint Sargis also dating to the 10th century. The fortress keep contains a dedicatory Arabic inscription in Kufic letters attributing the structure to Sultan ibn Mahmud (Shahanshah), one of the Shaddadids, and dated to 1174. The town also contains also ruins of a medieval caravanserai, and stone age obsidian workshops. Nearby, lies the restored 7th century Kristapori Vank.

References

• Dashtadem, Aragatsotn at GEOnet Names Server (as Nerkin Talin)
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia
• Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, pp. 19–20, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website