Pemzashen Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
place in Shirak, Armenia
About Pemzashen
The village was named Pemzashen in 1940 in tribute to the USSR’s largest mine of pumice, which was opened in this place. The population of the village of Pemzashen obtained the first information on the use of local stones in this area since the first day of their settlement here in the 19th century; i.e. in the period when they started to build apartments next to the church, which was already built of local stone, in the 5th-7th centuries. Pemzashen has been called Karmirkend, Matsmuju, Makhmujukh, Mahiujuk, Mahmughjuk, Mahmutchugh. The operations of the Soviet quarries of Pemzashen were launched within the framework of the public enterprise "Artiktuff." The "Pemzashen Mining Department" was founded in 1967. It was engaged in the production of extractive building stones of the Pemzashen To
Top Attractions in Pemzashen
Explore the best things to see and do in Pemzashen:
- ★Anioverlook
- ★Arakelots Monastery
- ★Harichavank Monastery
- ★Make your own souvenir from Armenian tufa stone
- ★Markaravank Monastery
- ★Surb Astvatsatsin church
Where to Stay in Pemzashen
- 🏨Stone Art Guest House & Camping
Pemzashen Travel Guide Sections
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