Nerkin Shorzha

Coordinates: 40°06′36″N 45°50′10″E / 40.11000°N 45.83611°E / 40.11000; 45.83611

Nerkin Shorzha (Armenian: Ներքին Շորժա; also Romanized as Nerkin Shorja and Nerk’in Shorzha; Russified as Nizhnyaya Shorzha) is a small hamlet in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Nerkin Shorzha and nearby Verin Shorzha are both reached by a short drive from Ayrk.

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Shorzha

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.

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Shorzha Village

Shorzha Village

Shorzha as seen from the Artanish Peninsula.

Shorzha as seen from the Artanish Peninsula.

17th-century chapel at the outskirts of town.

17th-century chapel at the outskirts of town.

Chapel ruins atop a hill overlooking Shorzha.

Chapel ruins atop a hill overlooking Shorzha.

Shorzha train depot

Shorzha train depot

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