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| Location | Yücetepe, Muş Province, Turkey |
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| Coordinates | 38°58′20″N 41°27′04″E / 38.97222°N 41.45111°E |
Ashtishat[1] (Armenian: Աշտիշատ, romanized: Aštišat) is a locality and archaeological site in Muş Province of eastern Turkey. It is located near the village of Yücetepe on the Murat River east of Lake Van and north of the city of Muş.
In antiquity the village was an important site of early Armenian Christianity. The ruins of several ancient churches and the monastery of Saint Daniel of Gop still occupy the town. The site also hosts the tombs of several early saints and patriotic leaders of the ancient Armenian kingdom.[2]
- ^ Fortescue, Adrian (1913). The Lesser Eastern Churches. AMS Press. p. 403.
However, till the 5th century, whereas the king resided at Valarshapat, the Primate was not there, but far away, at Ashtishat in Tarón, on the Euphrates, in the south of Armenia.
- ^ Ashdishad or the Tomb of Catholicos Saint Sahag - Union Internationale des Organisations Terre et Culture.