Yervandashat

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official_name =Yervandashat Երվանդաշատ
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = Armenia
subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province)
subdivision_name1 =Armavir
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established_title =Founded
established_date = 3rd century BCE
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population_as_of = 2001
population_total =695
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latd=40 |latm=06 |lats=53 |latNS=N
longd=43|longm=40 |longs=15 |longEW=E
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Yervandashat ( _hy. Երվանդաշատ, also Romanized as Ervandashat; formerly, Kherbeklu and Kheyli-Begli) is a town in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The town has a ruined basilica dated to the 4th or 5th century and the Saint Shushanik church of the 10th to 17th century.

Just outside of the modern town are the ruins of ancient Yervandashat, a city founded by King Orontes IV (the last of the Orontid dynasty, in the 3rd century BCE. The ancient town sits upon an escarpment overlooking the junction of the Arax River and Akhurian River. According to Movses Kagankatvatsi, Orontes founded Yervandashat to replace Armavir as his capital after Armavir had been left dry by a shift of the Arax. The archaeological site has not been subject of major research, but preliminarily, the fortifications and some remains of palaces have been uncovered.

Ancient Yervandashat was destroyed by the army of the Persian King Shapur II in the 360s.

References

*GEOnet2|32FA881E678D3774E0440003BA962ED3
*The Kingdom of Armenia By Mack Chahin
*ArmenianCensus|130
*RediscoveringArmenia|39