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H.F.B. Lynch, "Armenia. Travels and Studies" (1901)
![](images/Agri/112 The Kuseh Dagh from the plain of Alashkert-2.jpg)
![](images/Agri/113 Karakilisa from South-West.jpg)
Ağrı
The Kösedağ on the border between the provinces of Erzurum and Ağrı is one the highest mountains of this region.
Alashkert = Eleşkirt, presently centre of the Eleşkirt district of Ağrı province.
"Karakilisa" (Karakilise, "Black church") is currently called Ağrı and the capital of the provincec with the same name.In the early years of the Turkish republic "Karakilise" was changed in "Karaköse".