Akori Village

Akori village is located in the Masyatsotn region of the historical Airarat province of Armenia, on the edge of the Mount Ararat. Before the 1840 earthquake, the village had 2,200 inhabitants, 1,600 of whom were Armenians. The main occupation of the inhabitants was horticulture and sheep breeding. There were two schools in Akori. On July 2, 1840, as a result of the earthquake that occurred in the region of mt. Ararat, the village, along with its inhabitants, was buried under a thick layer of rock fragments. At the moment, only the khachkars of the village cemetery have been preserved from the village.

According to legend, Noah planted a willow tree in the village of Akori, hence the name Arkuri-Akor. Not far from Akori, at the northeastern foot of mt Ararat, there is the monastery of St. Hakob, consisting of a small church with a cruciform dome and the dwellings of monks. The time of the monastery's construction is unknown. During the ascent of Ararat in 1829, travelers Frederic Dubois de Montpellier, Boulle Le Gouze, and Friedrich Parrott were in the village. In order to study the causes of the earthquake in 1844, geologist Herman Abih visited Akkori.