title: Vernashen
text: # Vernashen
  
  39°47′38″N 45°21′48″E﻿ / ﻿39.79389°N 45.36333°E﻿ / 39.79389; 45.36333
  
  Vernashen (Armenian: Վերնաշեն) is a village in the Yeghegnadzor Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. The 13th-century fortress of Proshaberd (also known as Boloraberd) and the Spitakavor Monastery of 1321 are located near Vernashen.
  
  ## Toponymy
  
  The village was previously known as Bashkend.
  
  ## Gallery
  
  * Nature along the tourist route Vernashen - Spitakavor
  * Spitakavor Monastery of 1321 near Vernashen
  * Arkazi Surb Khach
  * The road through the village towards the Spitakavor monastery
  * Surp Hakob church of Vernashen
  * Tanahat Monastery
  * WWII monument
  