Geghard:-
Geghard is a medieval
monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the
adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
Khor Virap:-
The Khor Virap is an
Armenian monastery located in the Ararat plain in Armenia, near the closed
border with Turkey, about 8 kilometres south of Artashat, Ararat Province,
within the territory of ancient Artaxata.
Lake Sevan:-
Lake Sevan is the
largest body of water in Armenia and the Caucasus region, and one of the
largest freshwater high-altitude lakes in Eurasia. The lake is situated in
Gegharkunik Province, at an altitude of 1,900 m above sea level.
Tatev monastery:-
The Tatev monastery
is a 9th-century Armenian Apostolic monastery located on a large basalt plateau
near the Tatev village in Syunik Province in southeastern Armenia. The term
"Tatev" usually refers to the monastery.
Republic Square,
Yerevan:-
Republic Square is
the central town square in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It consists of two
sections: an oval roundabout and a trapezoid-shaped section which contains a
pool with musical fountains.
Matenadaran:-
The Mesrop Mashtots
Institute of Ancient Manuscripts, commonly referred to as the Matenadaran, is a
repository of ancient manuscripts, research institute and museum in Yerevan,
Armenia.
Sergei Parajanov
Museum:-
The Sergei Parajanov
Museum is a tribute to Soviet Armenian director and artist Sergei Parajanov and
is one of the most popular museums in Yerevan. It represents Parajanov's
diverse artistic and literary heritage.
Lovers' Park:-
Lovers' Park is a
public park in Yerevan, Armenia, located on Baghramyan Avenue. It occupies an
area of 2.5 hectares in the central Kentron District of the city.
Temple of Garni:-
The Temple of Garni
is a classical Hellenistic temple in Garni, Armenia. It is perhaps the
best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia. It is the only
standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia and the former Soviet Union.
Sevanavank:-
Sevanavank is a
monastic complex located on a peninsula at the northwestern shore of Lake Sevan
in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, not far from the town of Sevan.
Initially the monastery was built at the southern shore of a small island.
History Museum of
Armenia:-
The History Museum of
Armenia is a museum in Armenia with departments of Archaeology, Numismatics,
Ethnography, Modern History and Restoration. It has a national collection of
400,000 objects and was founded in 1920.
Sanahin Monastery:-
Sanahin Monastery is
an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in the Lori Province of
Armenia.
Victory Park:-
Victory Park is a
city park located in Kanaker-Zeytun district of Yerevan, capital of Armenia.
Mount Aragats:-
Mount Aragats is an
isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia. Its northern summit, at 4,090 m
above sea level, is the highest point of the Lesser Caucasus and Armenia. It is
also one of the highest points in the Armenian Highlands.
Tsitsernakaberd:-
The Armenian Genocide
memorial complex is Armenia's official memorial dedicated to the victims of the
Armenian Genocide, built in 1967 on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd in Yerevan.
Blue Mosque:-
The Blue Mosque is an
18th-century Shia mosque in Yerevan, Armenia. During the Soviet era, the mosque
stopped its services and housed the History Museum of Yerevan.
Sanahin Monastery:-
Sanahin Monastery is
an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in the Lori Province of
Armenia.
Goshavank:-
Goshavank is a 12th-
or 13th-century Armenian monastery located in the village of Gosh in the Tavush
Province of Armenia.
Amberd:-
Amberd is a
7th-century fortress located 2,300 meters above sea level, on the slopes of
Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers in the
province of Aragatsotn, Armenia.
Saint Hripsime
Church:-
Saint Hripsime Church
is a seventh century Armenian Apostolic church in the city of Vagharshapat,
Armenia. It is one of the oldest surviving churches in the country.
Goshavank:-
Goshavank is a 12th-
or 13th-century Armenian monastery located in the village of Gosh in the Tavush
Province of Armenia.
Saint Gayane Church:-
The Church of Saint
Gayane is a 7th-century Armenian church in Vagharshapat, the religious center of
Armenia. It is located within walking distance from the Etchmiadzin Cathedral
of 301. St. Gayane was built by Catholicos Ezra I in the year 630.
Etchmiadzin
Cathedral:-
Etchmiadzin Cathedral
is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city of
Vagharshapat, Armenia.
Zvartnots Cathedral:-
Zvartnots Cathedral
is a 7th-century centrally planned aisled tetraconch type Armenian cathedral
built by the order of Catholicos Nerses the Builder from 643-652.
Haghpat Monastery:-
Haghpat Monastery,
also known as Haghpatavank, is a medieval monastery complex in Haghpat,
Armenia. The monastery was founded by Queen Khosrovanuysh, wife of the Bagratid
king Ashot III, probably in 976.
Hovhannavank:-
Hovhannavank is a
medieval monastery located in the village of Ohanavan in the Aragatsotn
Province of Armenia. The monastery stands on the edge of the Kasagh River
canyon, and its territory is adjacent to the village of Ohanavan.
Karmravor Church:-
Karmravor, also known
as the Church of Holy Mother of God is a 7th-century Armenian Apostolic church
in the town of Ashtarak in the Aragatsotn Province.
Harichavank
Monastery:-
The Harichavank is
7th century Armenian monastery located near the village of Harich in the Shirak
Province of the Republic of Armenia. The village is 3 km southeast of the town
of Artik.
Yerevan Zoo:-
The Yerevan Zoo, also
known as the Zoological Garden of Yerevan, is a 35-hectare zoo established in
1940 in Yerevan, Armenia.
Akhtala Monastery:-
Akhtala; also known
as Pghindzavank is a 10th-century fortified Armenian Apostolic Church monastery
located in the town of Akhtala in the marz of Lori, 185 kilometers north of
Yerevan. The monastery is currently inactive.
National Gallery of
Armenia:-
The National Gallery
of Armenia is the largest art museum in the Republic of Armenia. Located on
Yerevan's Republic Square, the museum has one of the most prominent locations
in the Armenian capital.
Cafesjian Museum of
Art:-
Officially, Cafesjian
Center for the Arts is an art museum in Yerevan, Armenia. It is located at the
central Kentron District, in and around the Yerevan Cascade which is a complex
of massive staircase with fountains, ascending up from the Tamanyan Street
gardens and pedestrian zone.
Yerevan History
Museum:-
The Yerevan History
Museum is the history museum of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. The
museum was founded in 1931 as the Communal Museum. Currently, the museum is
located in a building attached to the Yerevan City Hall.
House-Museum of Aram
Khachaturian:-
The Aram Khachaturian
House-Museum opened in Yerevan, Armenia in 1982 and is devoted to the
exhibition of the Armenian composer’s personal artifacts, as well as to the
research and study of his creative output.
Erebuni Museum:-
Erebuni Museum was
established in 1968. The opening of the museum was timed to coincide with the
2750th anniversary of Yerevan.
Yerevan Water World:-
Yerevan Water World
is a water park situated on Myasnikyan Avenue of Nor Nork district in the Armenian
capital of Yerevan. The Water World has an open-air water park occupying an
area of 2.5 hectares and an indoor water park of 0.5 hectare.
Stepanavan
Dendropark:-
Officially Sochut
Dendropark named after Edmund Leonowicz, commonly knowns as Stepanavan
Dendropark, is an arboretum located near the Gyulagarak village, Lori Province,
Armenia.
Noratus cemetery:-
Noratus cemetery,
also spelled Noraduz, is a medieval cemetery with a large number of early
khachkars located in the village of Noratus, Gegharkunik marz near Gavar and
Lake Sevan, 90 km north of Yerevan.
Erebuni Fortress:-
Erebuni Fortress,
also known as Arin Berd, is an Urartian fortified city, located in Yerevan,
Armenia. It is 1,017 metres above sea level.
Kecharis Monastery:-
Kecharis, is a
medieval Armenian monastic complex dating back to the 11th to 13th centuries,
located 60 km from Yerevan, in the ski resort town of Tsakhkadzor in Armenia.
Mother Armenia:-
Mother Armenia is a
female personification of Armenia. Her most public visual rendering is a
monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan,
Armenia.
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