Bagaran

Bagaran (Armenian: Բագարան; formerly Haji-Bayramli) is a town and former fortress in the Armavir Province of Armenia, located 5 kilometers west of the right bank of the Akhurian River, and formerly a capital of Armenia. Bagaran was founded at the end of the 3rd century BCE by the Armenian King Orontes II (212 BCE - 200 BCE). According to Orbeli, inscriptions found at the church of Bagaran were located at the exterior of the whole building starting at the northern face of the western apse and running across, northern, eastern and southern.