Yervan is the capital city of Armenia, it is one of the oldest cities in the world.
Yerevan city
Unlike other cities of the world Yerevan has a "birth certificate", a cuneiform inscription which affirms that king Argishti I in 782 B.C built this mighty fortress and named it Erebouny. Yerevan got its name from Erebouny.
Yerevan Passport
Museums:
Erebouny museum was built in 1968 at the foot of Arin Berd hill. It displays exhibits pertaining to the Urartu period.
A visit to the museum includes an uphill tour of the restored sections of the Erebouni fortress.
The History museum is one of the famous and the biggest muumuus in Armenia. It has a complete collections of paintings, sculptures, and antiquity. Its location is on the very center of the Republic Sq.
Facade of the Matenadaran
The Matenadaran is the Mesrop Mashtots Research institute of ancient manuscripts. Visit to the Matenadaran shall expose our guests to the richest legacy of the Armenian people in manuscripts, most of which is preserved in the Matenadaran.
Tsitsernakaberd
The museum of the Armenian Genocide opened in 1995 during the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the genocide of the Armenian population of Western Armenia by the Turkish government in of 1915.The building of the museum is on the hilltop of Tsitsernakaberd the Memorial to Genocide Victims.
Tsakhkadzor
Tsakhkadzor means the valley of flowers.
Forest in Tsakhkadzor
The Tsakhkadzor resort is on the eastern slope of mount Teghenis.
Tsakhkadzor is famous for its numerous pensions, lodges and sport facilities. There is sky lift leading to the top of Mount Teghenis.
The marvelous monastery complex of Kecharis is in the northwest part of the town. The Kecharis Monastery (11-13th cc) comprises three churches and two chaples.
Kecharis Monastery
Its territory has many khachkars (cross-stones) of the 12th to 14th cc. The principal church of St. G. Lousavorich is of the centeral-domed typed.
To the south from the principal church a small church of St. Nshan is situated. Next to is the Kathoghike church built in the 13th c following the traditional cross-domed pattern. The 4th church of the monastic complex is the St. Harutyun.
The monastry has a small chapel with the tomb of the founder of the monastery rigor Magistros Pahlavuni.
Sevan
No trip is ever complete without a trip to Lake Sevan, pearl of Armenia. It is amongest alpine lakes of the world (199 m above sea level).
Lake Sevan
There are many historical and architectural monuments in the vicinties of the Sevan.
The Sevan Monastery (9thc). It is on the present day Sevan peninsula.
The congregation setteled on the island at the end of the 8th century initiated building a monatery. Three churches were built but only two of them have survived: the church of St. Arakelots and the church of St Astvatsatsin. Both of them were built in 874 following the cross-shaped pattern.
Sevan Monastery
Here you can also taste the most delicious trout-Ishkan (prince), fresh from the lake.
Every trip to Armenia is completing by visiting to Lake Sevan, one the largest and the highest lakes in Eurasia at about 1.900 meters above sea level. Lake Sevan is the Pearl of Armenia.
You can taste also Armenian dishes accompanied by great variety of Armenian beverages. Tourist can enjoy sailing, motor boating, water skiing, windsurfing and fishing. Tourists always are satisfied from our servise. We will make your holidays unforgettable.
Echmiadzin
The main attraction of Echmiadzin city is a monastery of St. Echmiadzin The cathedral is the oldest Christian church in Armenia.
Mother Cathedral
Its building founded in the 4th c immediately upon the adoption of Christianity. During the history the Cathedral was rebuilt over & over. The interior of the Cathedral was decorated by Hovnatanyans. In the 2nd half of the 19th c an annex was attached to the Cathedral from the east, which housed the Museum of Echmiadzin. In the 80s a special building was erected next to the residence of the Catholicos, named after the famous benefactor Alex Manoukian and his spouse. The museum preserves highly praised ritual utensils, crosses, staffs, jewelry, painting, etc.
The magnificent church of St. Hripsime was built in 618 A.D. by Catholicos Komitas on the site of the legendary martyrdom of virgin Hripsime that had fled to Armenia from Roman Empire with her friends. The relics of St.Hripsime are contained in a tomb under the church.
The St. Hripsime church stands out by its stern and monumental forms, solemn and monolithic, in its rightfully considered one of the masterworks of Armenian architecture.
St. Gayane church was built in 630 A.D. over a chapel that had stood on the site of the martyrdom of Gayane, the leader Christian virgin. The church of St. Gayane has clear forms and solemn interior.
Ruins of Zvartnots
Five kilometers towards Yerevan from Echmiadzin there are the ruins of Zvartnots.
Zvartnots was a church built by Toros Toromian the famous architect.
The temple was built in the 7th c by Catholicos Nerses III Shinarar. The temple was damaged by an earth-quake in the 10th c. The temple was a tree tiered central - domed structure that astounded with its magnificence. According to the opinion of European specialists the temple of Zvartnots may be ranked with greatest monuments of ancient architecture.
Khor Virap
The monastery of Khor Virap is situated on top of the hill and is one of the sanctuaries of the Armenian Apostolic church and a pilgrimage site.
Khor Virap Monastery
According to church lore this is the location of the municipal jail of the capital of Armenia Artashat, where upon the orders of king Trdat III, they threw Gregory the Illuminator who was accused of professing Christianity. Gregory spent there 13 years.
In 642 Catholicos Nerses III built a chapel over the jail. The monastery also includes the church of St. Astvatsatsin was built in the end of the 17th century, fragments of the wall that once surrounded the monastery, the refectory, the cells of the monks. The most magnificent view of mount Ararat opens from the hilltop of the monastery.
Noravank
The monastery of Noravank is one of the most splendid monuments of medieval Armenia. It is 122 km away from Yerevan.
Noravank Monastery
Noravank is built in as inaccessible location thought out the stunning nature. In the beginning of 1980s, road was built leading to Noravank along a tributary of the Arpa river. The monastery is overhanging the gorge of the river. During the 12th and 14th centuries the Noravank monastery was the cathedral of the bishops of Syunik. The oldest structure of the monastery is the church of St. Karapet (9-10 c) that has not survived. The principal church has known as St. Karapet,which it was built in the 13th c. The church had an atrium, which was rebuilt by the famous architect at sculptor Momik. The atrium is decorated with bas-relifs on religious themes: Momik also built the two storey church St. Astvatsatsin stunning in its perfection and richness of decoration.
Garni, Geghard
Temple of Garni is the only surviving monument of the Hellenistic period in Armenia.
Temple of Garni
The temple is dedicated to the God of the sun Mithra and was built in the 2nd half of the 1st c A.D. during the reign of king Trdat I. The temple was collapsed during the earthquake of 1679. It was restored in the 1970s, using the surviving fragments and carving the missing ones renewed. The temple is built of basalt stone. The walls of the shrine and the 24 columns of the portico rest on a podium. The facade and the rear have 6 columns each, while the flanks have 8 each. The portal has wide stairs leading up to it. The heathen temple is on the territory of the fortress of Garni. The territory of the fortress, that was used as the Summer residence of Armenian royalty, included the palace, the royal bath - house, the garrison barracks and other structures that did not survive.
Geghard - According to the Armenian historians as early as in the 4th c there had already been a monastery called Ayrivank (the cave monastery) in this inaccessible corner of the Azat ravine.
Geghard Monastery
Later the monastery was renamed Geghard which meant "spear". According to lore the monastery was the depositary of one of the relics of the Armenian Apostolic church: the spear that one of the roman guards had used to pierce the rib of crucified Christ. The monastic complex was built in the 13th c and comprises the principal church Katoghike built in 1215 by the Zakarians princes and two tiers of churches carved inside the rock built at the end of the 13th c by prince Proshian who bought it from Zakarians and the living quarters with auxiliary structures.
Tatev
Tatev monastery is 316km away from Yerevan. The most prominent historical architectural monument of the Syunik is the monastery of Tatev.
Tatev Monastery
The monastery was founded in the 9th c. on the site of an ancient shrine. The oldest structure of the monastery is the church St. Poghos-Petros (895-906) of the domed basilica kind. A vaulted church was built in 1285 on the south side of it and was called St. Grigor.
Visiting these interesting monument will draw the visitors attention and interest to the rocking stele Ganaran in the courtyard of the monastery (15m). The university of Tatev operated in the monastery between 1390-1453, famous scholars and theologies worked there.
Tatev was a major educational center in Armenia during medieval ages.
Amberd
Amberd fortress and castle (10-13th cc) was the familial estate of the Pahlavouni princes.
Amberd fortress
It is one of the few feudal castles of Armenia that has been more or less preserved to our days. The location for its has been selected quite skillfully, the builders took advantage of the mountainous terrain and put the fortress on a cape surrounded on three sides by ravines.
Fragments of the water supply system of the castle, as well as the baths and the secret passage to the canyon are preserved. In 1206 a cross-domed type church was built on the territory of the fortress. It was commissioned by the famous Armenian warlord Vahram Pahlavouni and is one of the most beautiful churches of its type in Armenia.
Ashtarak
Ashtarak has many historical and architectural monuments. The most famous one is the church of Karmravor (7th c).
Karmravor Church
It is one of the cross-domed kind of church. In the interior the fragments of the murals have been designed . The shingled roof is well-preserved.
The church of St. Mesrop Mashtots which is located in Oshakan. The name comes from the Armenian alphabet founder Mesrop Mashtots who died in 440 A.D and was buried in Oshakan. A small chapel was built over his grave, which was replaced by a single nave basilicathe in the 2nd half of the 19th century .age of Artashavan there is the monastery of Saghmosavank.
Mesrop Mashtots
The monastery of Hovhanavank is founded in the village of Hovhanavan. The monastic complex includes a single-nave church, which was built in the 5th c, the oldest in the monastery and the principal church of St. Karapet of the cross-domed kind dated on 1216. The church is richly decorated with vegetative ornaments, it has a bas-relief with the depiction of Christ on a throne.
In the north of Ashtarak in the village of Artashavan there is the monastery of Saghmosavank. The principal church of the monastic complex is St. Sargis, which prince Vache Vachoutian built it in 1215. There is a scriptorium in the north of it.
Arzni
Arzni health resort is located in Hrazdan river’s beautiful canyon at 1250m above sea level at 23km north of Yerevan city. The climate of Arzni resort is mild, warm and very pleasant. The temperature during winter is around 5C, and during the summer average temperature is around 22C. In autumn the temperature is very warm a long period of time. The sunny days throughout the year add up to 2236 hours. The air pressure is stable without any drastic changes. The mineral water in Arzni has always been known from a long time ago for it’s positive medical effects.
The resort main medicinal ingredients are mineral water with CO2, Na, Cl and other elements, and also healthy mountinous weather with low air pressure. Arzni’s mineral water contains 1.25-2.0 gram of CO2 per liter of and 8-10 gram per liter mineral elements, which are very helpful for treatments of various disease.
Dilijan
Dilijan is located in the northern part of Armenia, this region is famous for its forests and health resorts,
Haghartsin Monastery
its spectacular scenery and cultural centers. You will drive through plush forests, reach the Hagartsin monastery, an 11-13th c church situated deep in the woods, about 18km from the town of Dilijan. The monastery was founded in the south where the St. Grigor church was built.
The cross-formed church had side sculptures in all the corners and states out as a white spot against the backround of the forest.
The principal church St. Astvatsatsin was built in 1281 by the domed hall pattern. Another church – St. Stepanos was built in 1244.
Goshavank Monastery
The main attraction of the monastery is the refectory that has two halls. The monastery is one of the leading cultural centers of medieval Armenia.
You will also visit the beautifully landscaped monastery of Goshavank.
Goshavank was founded on the right bank of the Getik River in 1188 by famous Armenian scholar, jurist and fabulist M.Gosh.
The Monastery includes the churches of St. Astvatsatsin, St. Grigor, St. Lousavorich, a scriptorium and a school of 13th c. Many beautiful khachkars (cross-stones) have been presented in Goshavank.
Jermuk
Jermuk is about 173 km from Yerevan and is located
Jermuk Mineral Water Gallery
on the upper slopes of the Arpa River.
The climate here is mountainous with cool summers and long, snowy winters.
In January, the average temperature is about -90C and in summer, 180C. Jermuk is a spa.
The water here is similar to that of Djeleznavodsk (Russia) and Karlovi Vari (Czech Republic).
Jermuk's springs are recommended for gastro-intestinal problems as well as for liver and kidney deficiencies.
Jermuk Waterfall
The water is commercially bottled and sold throughout the country.
The Jermuk Waterfall is located in Jermuk. It originates from many springs. The height of the waterfall is about 60m and falls to the Arpa River in three stages (basins).
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