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Lake Sevan

Lake Sevan is the largest body of water in Armenia and the Caucasus region. It is one of the largest freshwater high-altitude (alpine) lakes in Eurasia. The lake is situated in Gegharkunik Province, at an altitude of 1,900 m (6,234 ft) above sea level. The total surface area of its basin is about 5,000 km2
The construction of six hydroelectric plants on the Hrazdan led to a fall of the lake level. To stabilize its level, a 30 mi (49 km) tunnel to divert water from the Arpa River was constructed in the late 1970s. Lake Sevan is rich in fish, especially trout, and fishing is important. Several ancient Armenian churches lie along the shores.

Geghard

Geghard  is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs.
The monastery of Geghard contains a number of churches and tombs, most of them cut into the rock, which illustrate the very peak of Armenian medieval architecture. The complex of medieval buildings is set into a landscape of great natural beauty, surrounded by towering cliffs at the entrance to the Azat Valley.

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 (5.0 mi) south of Artashat, Ararat Province, within the territory of ancient Artaxata.
It is located on the foot of the incredible snow capped strato volcano of Mount Ararat, which is the national symbol of Armenia. From the monastery you overlook the amazing Ararat Valley both on Armenian and Turkish land.
Khor Virap monastery is located in the close proximity to the border between Armenia and Turkey on the hill near the village of Pokr Vedi . Long time ago it was the site where Artashat, the ancient Armenian capital, was located.

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.

Garni Temple

Garni Temple  is the only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia and the former Soviet Union. A Ionic temple located in the village of Garni, Armenia, it is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia.
The temple is at the edge of a triangular cliff which overlooks the ravine of the Azat River and the Gegham mountains. It is part of the fortress of Garni. One of the oldest fortresses in Armenia,t is mentioned as Gorneas in the first-century Annals of Tacitus.[6] The fortress was strategically significant for the defense of the major cities in the Ararat plain.
The site is in the village of Garni, in Armenia's Kotayk Province and includes the temple, a Roman bath with a partly preserved mosaic floor with a Greek inscription, a royal summer palace, the seventh century church of St. Sion and other minor items.

Yerevan Cascade

The Cascade is a giant stairway made of limestone in Yerevan, Armenia. It links the downtown Kentron area of Yerevan with the Monument neighborhood. Designed by architects Jim Torosyan, Aslan Mkhitaryan, and Sargis Gurzadyan the construction of the cascade started in 1971 and was partially completed in 1980.
The building that now houses the Cafesjian Center for the Arts is well known to the Armenian people, especially those living in its capital city of Yerevan.
The Great Cascade, Yerevan. There is no similar structure anywhere on the post-Soviet territory. At first sight it is difficult to define its genre: it is neither a monument nor a building. To put it simply the Cascade is the original decoration of the city in the form of unique architectural composition.

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. It holds one of the world's richest depositories of medieval manuscripts and books which span a broad range of subjects  is a repository of ancient manuscripts, research institute and museum in Yerevan, Armenia. It holds one of the world's richest depositories of medieval manuscripts and books which span a broad range of subjects, including theology, philosophy, history, medicine, literature, art history, and cosmography in Armenian and many other languages.
Thus, starting with Mesrop Mashtots (the creator of the first Matenadaran), thanks to our bibliographers, from early medieval times to new eras, numerous matenadarans were created. During centuries, they have branched out and then brought together.

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.
Museum replenishes its collections by finds from excavations at ancient sites in present-day Armenia during scientific expeditions of the Institute of Archeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, by purchases and donations.

Amberd

Amberd is a 7th-century fortress located 2,300 meters (7,500 ft) above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers in the province of Aragatsotn, Armenia. The name translates to "fortress in the clouds" in Armenian.

Saint Hripsime Church

Saint Hripsime Church is a seventh century Armenian Apostolic church in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia. It is one of the oldest surviving churches in the country.
Saint Hripsime Church is one of the oldest churches in Armenia. It’s located in Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin). Near to Saint Hripsime Church, there is the mother church of Armenians, St. Ejmiatsin.

Victory Park

Victory Park is a city park located in Kanaker-Zeytun district of Yerevan, capital of Armenia. Gallery[edit]. Soviet Katyusha rocket launcher. Soviet S-75 surface-to-air missile. The monumental statue of Mother Armenia at the park.
Victory Park has a large playground and is a very popular picnic venue amongst the local residents.

Tsitsernakaberd

Tsitsernakaberd, Armenian genocide memorial, monument and memorial museum, Yerevan, Armenia, caucasus, dark tourism travel destination.
Because of Armenia’s strategic location and also its religious views it has constantly been attacked and consequently, not only appeared under the rule of this or that nation, empire or country, but also lost its statehood.

Mount Aragats

Mount Aragats is an isolated four-peaked volcano massif in Armenia. Its northern summit, at 4,090 m (13,420 ft) 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.
Aragats is the highest mount in Armenia and the forth in the territory of Armenian Highlands. It is also the highest point of Transcaucasia. Aragats is extinct volcano, which can be seen from city of Yerevan and Shirak, Kotayk and Aragatsotn provinces.
Mount Aragats, Russian Gora Aragats, also spelled Gora Aragac, mountain in Armenia, northwest of Yerevan and north of the Ararat Plain. The highest point in both Armenia and the Lesser Caucasus range (13,418 feet [4,090 m]), Aragats is a circular, shieldlike mountain composed of both lavas and tufas.

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. Inspired by the vision of its founder.
If one was to visit Yerevan, Armenia, they would discover there a Museum that deserves to be thought of along with the aforementioned iconic cultural institutions. The Cafesjian center for the Arts is a building of breathtaking beauty along with an expansive sculptural garden and promenade outside.

Blue Mosque, Yerevan

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. Following Armenia's independence, the mosque was renovated with the support from the Iranian government and again started acting as a mosque.
There has been a mosque on this site since 1765, but like the other eight or so mosques that operated in Yerevan at the beginning of the 20th century it was closed during the Soviet era. Reconstructed in the late 1990s with Iranian funds, it is now the only functioning mosque in the city. Decorated with exterior tiles, it has a modest interior, graceful tiled dome, small minaret, and shady garden with fountains and flowerbeds. Visitors should dress appropriately – no bare legs or shoulders, and women should wear a headscarf when entering the prayer hall.

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. The park was entirely renovated between 2005 and 2008 and reopened in November 2008 by the efforts of benefactor.
The Lovers Park Apartment offers accommodations in Yerevan, just 26 miles from Tsaghkadzor. Free private parking is available on site.

Sergei Parajanov Museum

The Sergei Parajanov Museum in Yerevan, Armenia: Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.

National Gallery of Armenia

The National Gallery of Armenia is the country’s major art gallery. The collection displayed in the fifty-six halls gives an idea of the history of the national fine art and decorative-applied art as well as presents world art from ancient times till present day. In the halls of European, Russian, Armenian and Oriental art viewers can get acquainted with works by Aivazovsky, Sureniants, Sarian, Serov, Kandinsky, Donatello, Rodin, Chagall and other prominent artists.
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.

House Museum of Martiros Saryan (Yerevan)

Martiros Saryan's exhibition was organized within the framework of the Days of Armenian Culture in Russia. The exhibition includes about 30 paintings, mostly related to the period of the 1910s, the time of mastering, when Saryan became famous.

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.

Yerevan Zoo

The Yerevan Zoo, also known as the Zoological Garden of Yerevan is a 35-hectare (86-acre) zoo established in 1940 in Yerevan, Armenia. Yerevan Zoo, founded in 1941, strives under its new director, Ruben Khachatryan, to become the first zoo in the entire region which implements the guidelines of the European Association for Zoo and Aquaria (EAZA).

Erebuni Museum

Erebuni Museum was established in 1968. The opening of the museum was timed to coincide with the 2750th anniversary of Yerevan.
Erebuni Fortress also known as Arin Berd is a fortified city from the ancient kingdom of Urartu, located in what is present-day Yerevan, Armenia. It was one of several fortresses built along the northern Urartu border and was one of the most important political, economic and cultural centers of the vast kingdom.

Modern Art Museum of Yerevan

The Modern Art Museum of Yerevan is an art museum in Yerevan, Armenia. It is located on Mashtots Avenue at the central Kentron District of the capital city of Armenia. The museum was founded in 1972 by the efforts of the painter Henrik Igityan, who was the director of the museum for 37 years and a supporter .
It was hot here in Yerevan. Make that hot and sunny. I am a bit of a delicate flower and find constant sun a bit difficult to handle. So on these days I do what any cloud loving gal does when the sun is too much; I head indoors. I knew I wanted to go to the Modern Art Museum in Yerevan as soon as I saw it

Yervand Kochar Museum

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Charents Museum of Literature and Arts

The Charents Museum of Literature and Arts of Armenia is the largest repository of Armenian manuscripts and books encompassing the last three hundred years. Originally conceived in 1954 as the Museum of Literature and Arts of Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, the institution has evolved into a notable research

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.
Visit the House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian in Yerevan. At the museum, there is a library, fund of musical literature, manuscripts and documents, as well as a chamber concert hall for 200 people where music evenings, concerts and competitions are held.

Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum

This museum celebrates the life and work of the extraordinary writer, translator and humanist who is often described as Armenia's greatest poet.
The month of April in 1953 marked the opening of the museum dedicated to renowned prominent thinker, writer, poet, fabulist and humanist Hovhannes Toumanian, with a total of 18000 exhibited items.

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. The architect of the building was Jim Torosyan.

Komitas Museum

A museum dedicated to the 19th – 20th century Armenian composer Komitas was officially opened Thursday in Yerevan's Komitas Park. Under Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian's proposal, a resolution to build the museum was passed by the Board of Trustees of the Hayastal All-Armenian.
Komitas was a great composer, singer, teacher, ethnologist and musicologist. In the museum you can discover a unique heritage. The main purpose of this museum is in-depth and systematic study of Komitas`s life and creations, later on the unique items can be popularized and represented in many countries.

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. The monastic ensemble stands on the edge of a deep gorge of the Vorotan River.
enturies before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar. ... Nearly a thousand years before the development of the modern seismograph in the 19th century, Armenian monks living in the Tatev monastery constructed

Noravank

Noravank is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu River, near the town of Yeghegnadzor, Armenia. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs, directly across from the monastery.
Noravank means “New Monastery” in Armenian. However, today this name does not match as it is already more than seven centuries old. The most beautiful Noravank complex was constructed in the 13 th century on the ledge of narrow winding gorge of the river Amaghu near the city of Yeghegnadzor.

Etchmiadzin Cathedral

Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia. According to scholars it was the first cathedral built in ancient Armenia, and is considered the oldest cathedral in the world. The original church was built in the early.
Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armenia, and just outside of Yerevan. According to scholars it was the first cathedral (but not the first church) built in ancient Armenia, and is considered the oldest cathedral in the world.

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.
Sevanavank (also known as “Mariamashen” or “built by Mariam”) sits on the peninsula east of Sevan City, at one time an island which archeological digs have shown to have been inhabited during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
Sevanavank. Sevanavank Monastery is located in Gegharkunik region, which is popular in Armenia due to its possession of the blue pearl of Armenians, Lake Sevan. There are two churches on the peninsula of Sevan. These two churches were built in 874 AD and together form the Sevanavank Monastery.

Haghpat Monastery

Haghpat Monastery, also known as Haghpatavank is a medieval monastery complex in Haghpat, Armenia.
Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin. These two Byzantine monasteries in the Tumanian region from the period of prosperity during the Kiurikian dynasty (10th to 13th century) were important centres of learning.

Haghartsin

Haghartsin is a 13th-century monastery located near the town of Dilijan in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It was built between the 10th and 13th centuries ); much of it under the patronage of the Bagratuni Dynasty.
 Haghartsin monastery is nestled in a temperate rainforest on a mountainside. It is one of those spots in Armenia that feels like you are walking through a huge, unreal movie set. When we arrived in August it was great weather and even though it was in the middle of the day there was mist hanging

Goshavank

Goshavank was built in 1188, adjacent to Getik monastery that was ruined during an earthquake. Built by Mkhitar Gosh it was firstly named Nor Getik (New Getik), while after his death, in 1213, it was named Goshavank, after Mkhitar Gosh.
The monastery was built not far from the ruins of an older monastery named Getik which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1188. The current monastery is sometimes referred to as Nor Getik (New Getik). In the 12th-13th centuries Goshavank became one of the most famous religious

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. Contents. [hide]. 1 Mother Armenia statue in Yerevan. There's symbolism aplenty in this huge memorial above the Cascade. Twenty-two metres high, Mother Armenia's stern visage, military stance and massive sword project a clear message: Armenia has had its fill of invasions, massacres and repression, and will fight to preserve its nationhood and the lives of its citizens.

Wings of Tatev

Wings of Tatev is a 5.7 km (3.5 mi) cableway between Halidzor and the Tatev monastery in Armenia. It is the longest reversible aerial tramway built in only one section, and holds the record for Longest non-stop double track cable car.

Sanahin Monastery

Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in the Lori Province of Armenia. The name Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as "this one is older than that one", presumably representing a claim to having an older monastery than the neighbouring Haghpat Monastery.
The architectural complexes of Sanahin and Haghpat are among the outstanding works of medieval Armenian architecture. In their artistic merits they transcend the limits of national culture. The monasteries are situated in the north of Armenia, in the Tumanian district.

Saghmosavank

The Saghmosavank is a 13th-century Armenian monastic complex located in the village of Saghmosavan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Like the Hovhannavank monastery which is five kilometers south, Saghmosavank is situated atop the precipitous gorge carved by the Kasagh river.
Only 5 km north from Hovhanavank in the village of Saghmosavank of Aragatsotn Province is the monastery Saghmosavank (Monastery of Psalms). Saghmosavank1. Both Hovhanavank as Saghmosavank are on the right bank of the picturesque river gorge Kasakh.

Saint Gayane Church

The Church of Saint Gayane is a 7th-century Armenian church in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), 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.
The Church of Saint Gayane (pronounced Surb Gayane) is a 7th-century Armenian church in Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), 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.

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. Now in ruins, it is located at the edge of the city of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin) in Armavir Province of Armenia.
Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots. The cathedral and churches of Echmiatsin and the archaeological remains at Zvartnots graphically illustrate the evolution and development of the Armenian central-domed cross-hall type of church, which exerted a profound influence.
Zvartnots Cathedral is a wonderful Armenian monument of the 7th century. This temple was built to stand firm until the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, but unfortunately the cathedral fell approximately 3 centuries later. Zvartnots Cathedral is an amazing complex with unique architecture style.

Dilijan National Park

Dilijan National Park, is one of the 4 protected national parks of the Republic of Armenia. Occupying an area of 240 km², it is located in the north-eastern Tavush Province of Armenia. It is known for its forest landscapes, rich biodiversity, medicinal mineral water springs, natural and cultural monuments.

Kecharis Monastery

Kecharis Monastery, 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.
One of the most important medieval attractions of Armenia - the monastery complex Kecharis is hidden in the high picturesque mountains.

Zorats Karer

Zorats Karer  is a prehistoric archaeological site near the town of Sisian in the Syunik Province of Armenia. It is also often referred to in international tourist lore as the Armenian Stonehenge.
Located in Armenia's southernmost province, Zorats Karer, or as it is vernacularly known, Karahundj, is a site which has been inhabited numerous times across millennia, from prehistoric to medieval civilizations. It consists of a prehistoric mausoleum and nearby, over two hundred neighboring.

Erebuni Fortress

Erebuni Fortress also known as Arin Berd is an Urartian fortified city, located in Yerevan, Armenia. It is 1,017 metres (3,337 ft) above sea level. It was one of several fortresses built along the northern Urartian border and was one of the most important political, economic and cultural centers of the vast.
Erebuni Fortress also known as Arin Berd is a fortified city from the ancient kingdom of Urartu, located in what is present-day Yerevan, Armenia. It was one of several fortresses built along the northern Urartu border and was one of the most important political, economic and cultural centers of the vast kingdom.

Khosrov Forest State Reserve

Khosrov Forest State Reserve is a national park in Armenia.
The King Khosrov's forest remained during the centuries to become a reserve. “Khosrov Forest” State Reserve was established in 1958. It is located in Ararat Marz of Rpublic of Armenia in the neighbourhood of Ararat valley, on the mountainous ridges Geghama, Yeranos and Yerakh.
One of the primary destinations in Armenia offering fun, adventures and amusements is beyond a shadow of doubt Khosrov Forest State Reserve located in the province of Ararat. It's where locals and tourists equally enjoy every minute spent, take amazing pics and after all, get acquainted with the reserve's amazing