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Sevan Monastery - Sevanavank

by MalenaN

Sevanavank is situated high up on Sevan Peninsula, 6 km from Sevan town. From a car park stairs are leading up to the churches. You will pass some khatchkars on your way up, and a tomb of a 20th century navy captain. The first church you will come to is the smaller Arakelots Church (Holy Apostles), which was not open when I visited. The second church is Astvatsatsin Church (Holy Mother of God). In the courtyard of this church there are a lot of khatchkars. Queen Mariam had the churches built in 874.I visited on the 1st of August, a time when many Armenians come to Sevan on holiday and thus there were more visitors at Sevanavank than I have seen at any other monastery in Armenia. The churches are not the greatest ones, but the view over the lake is lovely.

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Sevan town

by MalenaN

Sevan town is situated about 60 km from Yerevan, not just by the shores of the lake, but a couple of kilometres inland. Since Armenia got independent about a third of the population has left the town, which now has got a population of 10 000 people. The town doesn’t look very pretty. There are a lot of apartment blocks built in the pink coloured stone so common in Armenia.Along the main road there are several money changing offices and banks, grocery stores, a market and a post office.I walked the 6 km from Sevan Peninsula in to town as there was no public transport and took a taxi back. The minibus from Yerevan to Sevan will stop in town. If your plans are to go from Yerevan only to Sevanavank it might be better to take a marshrutka going further, which will pass the peninsula.

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Lake Sevan

by MalenaN

Lake Sevan is the largest lake in Armenia, covering about 5% of the country’s area. Sevan is situated at 1900 metres above sea level and winters here are long and cold, but during the summer months lots of people come here for holiday to swim. I stayed by the beach at the busy Sevan Peninsula, but there are more quiet places. When I was in Dilijan I met a couple who had spent some days in Chorja on the north side of the lake. It is a calm, relaxing place and they recommended it. I have heard the north side has cleaner water than the south coast, where there are some factories.

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Goris

by MalenaN

Goris is a lovely town situated in a valley in south Armenia. In the town there are many traditional stone houses with balconies and arched windows. In one of the stone houses there is a museum over the writer Axel Bakountas. Unfortunately it was closed both times when I passed. Another site I didn’t get a closer look at was Old Goris where caves carved into the hillside once were used as stables and shelter (but I saw the similar site Khndzorsk outside Goris).Goris is on the way to Iran (but still about 5 hours from the border) and Nagorno Karabakh. It is a good base if you want to visit Tatev.

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Matanadaran fabulous Library

by jorgejuansanchez

After Vatican and Escorial libraries, Matenadaran is the one with the richer collection of old Illuminated manuscripts in the world, reaching nearly 17.000 exemplars plus about 300.000 archival documents comprising all areas of Armenian culture and science: medicine, geography, law, history, cosmology, alchemy, music, miniature painting, etc. It also shelters manuscripts written in Arabic, Persian, Ethiopian, Greek, Syrian, Latin, and in many other foreign languages.The Library existed since the V century, and in the XV it was moved to the monastery of Echmiadzin, the religious centre of the Christian Armenian Faith (Armenia was the first country in the world to accept Christianity, in the year 301 AD), at a stone throw distance from Yerevan, and only in 1939 it was transferred to Yerevan.Matenadaran was named after Mesrop Mashtots, the monk who created the Armenian alphabet in 405, and...

Dzidzernagapert.. "Citadel of Swallows"

by PenPen

This Armenian Monument, Dzidzernagapert, was constructed in 1965 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. The monument is a towering grantie needle flanked by an eternal flame. Twelve imposing pylons, representing the twelve provinces where the Armenians were massacred, surround the memorial flame inside the fortress. The flame burns to represent the Armenian spirit, which can never be extinguished. The monument which means "Citadel of Swallows" is named for a bird that always returns to its nest, even if its home has been destroyed. The needle-shaped shaft beside it represents the rebirth of the Armenian people.by visiting Dzidzernagapert, in Yerevan and paying a move tribute to the 1.5 million Armenians who were killed in the early 20th century by the turkish ottoman empire.. will be one of the most adorable and appreciatable visits for Armenians all around the...

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Echmiadzin Church.

by PenPen

Etchmiadzin - is situated 20km from Yerevan, in the very heart of the Ararat valley. It was founded 2,000 years ago by the Armenian king Vagarsh, who made this place his residence and gave it his name Vagarshapat. Etchmiadzin is rich in wonderful architectural monuments, among them the Hripsime Church (618~one of the finest examples of medieval Armenian architecture, the Gayane Church (630) and the Shogakat Church, both built in honour of the first disseminators of Christianity in Armenia.The Etchmiadzin Cathedral, completed in 303 A.D., is one of the oldest Christian churches in the world. For seventeen centuries Etchmiadzin has been the Holy Seat of the Catholicos of the Armenian Church.

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Keghart Monastery

by PenPen

Here you will see one of the most unique ancient structures - the Keghart Monastery - a whole group of cave buildings consisting of a two-storey church, monastery cells and chapels, all carved out of the rock. Still higher can be seen the entrances to other caves.According to an old legend for a long time there was preserved here a spear ("Keghart" in Hebrew) with which a Roman legionary pricked Christ on the crucifix to see whether he was still alive. Hence the name of the, monastery, Keghart.Keghart was breathtaking and cleverly built. Portions of the church were carved out of a mountain! This helped disguise the church’s location from enemies who would try to destroy it.

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Haghtanagi aykii

by PenPen

whenever you are in Yerevan, you will notice this monument almost from everywhere cause its one of the highest places of the city, it calls "haghtanagi Ayki" ( the winnig park) there is a statue which called "Mayr Hayasdaan" (Mother Armenia) . and you will enjoy the best panoramic view of the city.. you can notice the important places from here all at once like the opera building, the Hrabarag (main square) an so on! :) oh and there is a park and restuarant and a place where kids can play.you will enjoy it!

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Zvartnots, capitals of the collapsed church

by sachara

Not only the groundplan of the ruins of the Zvartnost Cathedral was impressive, but also the sculptured capitals with motifs of eagles, grapes, leaves and pomegranates.Walking around, you can find these impressive capitals, lying around in the land, sometimes almost negligent.

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