Shorzha, Armenia

Shorzha
Շորժա

Shorzha as viewed from atop the
adjacent hill with chapel ruins.
Shorzha
Շորժա
Coordinates: 40°30′04″N 45°16′28″E / 40.50111°N 45.27444°E / 40.50111; 45.27444Coordinates: 40°30′04″N 45°16′28″E / 40.50111°N 45.27444°E / 40.50111; 45.27444
Country Armenia
Marz (Province) Gegharkunik
Government
 • Mayor Suliko Shushanyan
Elevation 1,915 m (6,283 ft)
Population (2001)
 • Total 565
Time zone GMT+4 (UTC+4)
Postal code 1316

Shorzha (Armenian: Շորժա, also Romanized as Shorja; formerly, Nadezhdino and Shordzhalu) is a village located along Lake Sevan, northwest of the Artanish Peninsula in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. There is a 17th-century chapel and cemetery along the southern outskirts of the village. Upon the hill overlooking Shorzha, there are the ruins of a chapel, and somewhere in the vicinity are the remains of an Iron Age fort.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. pp. 83–84. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
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