Göydərə

Göydərə (also Gjoydara and Goydere), formerly Norashen (Armenian: Նորաշեն, romanized: Norašen), is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan.

It is located 32 km in the north from the district center, on the right bank of the Alinjachay River, on the slope of the Zangezur ridge.

[1] Based on surviving manuscripts, Norashen ("New village" in Armenian), was an important center for scriptorium production from the 14th to the 18th century.

In the village was an Armenian church, named Surp Astvatsatsin, a domeless basilica that dated back to the 9th or 10th century.

It is surrounded in the west with the valley, in the north with the mountain range, and in the east and south with the Goydara village.