Pemzashen

Pemzashen is a village in Northern Armenia.

Understand
The village was named Pemzashen in 1940 in tribute to the USSR’s largest mine of pumice, which was opened in this place. The population of the village of Pemzashen obtained the first information on the use of local stones in this area since the first day of their settlement here in the 19th century; i.e. in the period when they started to build apartments next to the church, which was already built of local stone, in the 5th-7th centuries. Pemzashen has been called Karmirkend, Matsmuju, Makhmujukh, Mahiujuk, Mahmughjuk, Mahmutchugh. The operations of the Soviet quarries of Pemzashen were launched within the framework of the public enterprise "Artiktuff." The "Pemzashen Mining Department" was founded in 1967. It was engaged in the production of extractive building stones of the Pemzashen Township.

Get in
From Gyumri Bus Station take Minibus N028 to Maralik departing at 13:25, after from Maralik take Minibus N042 to reach Pemzashen village.