Bjni

Bjini Բջնի
Bjini Բջնի
Coordinates: 40°27′34″N 44°38′55″E
Kintra	Armenie
Province	Kotayk
First Mentioned	Ghazar Parpetsi
Govrenment
• Mayor	Armen Matevosyan
Area
• Total	42.81 km2 (16.53 sq mi)
Elevation	1550 m (5,090 ft)
Population  (2008)
• Total	3,010

Bjni (Armenie: Բջնի; written Bjini or Bzhni an aw) is a veelage in the Kotayk Province o Armenie. It is situatit in a strath atween canyon waws an a smaw river. Throughoot Bjni's history, it haes remained ane o the main centers o education in Armenie. Some manuscripts frae Bjni datit tae the 12t tae 17t centuries hae survivit. The first recordit mention o the veelage wis bi the 5t tae 6t century chronicler an historian Ghazar Parpetsi.

Gallery

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  Kirk o Saunt Sargis atop a stane ootcrop in the middle o the veelage east o the fortress.
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  The kirk o Surb Gevorg (S. George) biggit in the 13t c. sits just a couple hooses awa frae Bjni Kirk.
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  Remains o Bjni Fortress wi a medieval structur being rebiggit upon the plateau.

References

• Bjni at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie

Freemit airtins

Media relatit tae Bjni at Wikimedia Commons

• Kirk o Holy Virgin in Bjni (armenica.org)
• Kirk o St Sarkis in Bjni (armenica.org)
• Communities Association of Armenia: Bjni Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
• 3D model of Church of St Sarkis in Bjni
• World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com