page_title: Nerkin Getashen
hierarchical_section_title: Nerkin Getashen
caption_attribution_description: English: Nerkin Getashen
context_page_description: Nerkin Getashen is a major village located along the southwest coast of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
  In the village is the 9th century monastery and church of Kotavank overlooking the village and the Argitchi River with a large cemetery adjacent. Turkic rune inscriptions are located nearby. Within the village is a ruined "Jam" or funeral chapel with khachkars built into its walls, and not far away is a small shrine. An old mill sits along the Argitchi River. There are also two large stone forts from the Middle Ages located 2 km to the east and 3 km the west of the village.
  South of Nerkin Getashen lies Verin Getashen, founded 1828-29 by migrants from Mush and Alashkert, in present-day Eastern Turkey.
context_section_description: Nerkin Getashen (Armenian: Ներքին Գետաշեն, also Romanized as Nerk’in Getashen, Nerkin Getachen, and Nerqin Getashen - meaning Lower Getashen; prior to 1945, Nerkin Adyaman and Nizhniy Adyaman - both meaning Lower Adyaman) is a major village located along the southwest coast of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. 
  In the village is the 9th century monastery and church of Kotavank overlooking the village and the Argitchi River with a large cemetery adjacent. Turkic rune inscriptions are located nearby. Within the village is a ruined "Jam" or funeral chapel with khachkars built into its walls, and not far away is a small shrine. An old mill sits along the Argitchi River. There are also two large stone forts from the Middle Ages located 2 km to the east and 3 km the west of the village.
  South of Nerkin Getashen lies Verin Getashen (Upper Getashen), founded 1828-29 by migrants from Mush and Alashkert, in present-day Eastern Turkey.
caption: The village of Nerkin Getashen.
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