Sights in Armavir Marz
Edit ThisEchmiadzin Cathedral
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Gayane - also in the city of Echmiadzin.
Zvartnots - just east of the city of Echmiadzin, closer to Yerevan.
Sardarapat - As detailed above, an impressive ethnographic collection and a somber monument to a battle victory that literally saved Armenia from oblivion in 1918.
Armavir - not the current city, but the nearby ruins of an ancient hellenistic capital. Not that much remains to be seen, but the museum and grounds are open for visitors and history buffs.
Metsamor - not the nuclear power plant, but the nearby ruins and museum of an ancient past capital. The excavations and museum are open for visitors.
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Echmiadzin Cathedral and Compound
Edit ThisEchmiadzin Cathedral
photo by: (c) Raffi Kojian - Armeniapedia.org
The mother church of Armenia, in a city also popularly called Echmiadzin. Though founded the same year as Armenian Christianity, most of the Cathedral was built and rebuilt many times over the years, making it a much more recent structure. The impressive bell tower is from the 1800s. The oldest remaining part actually predates the entire church - it's the pagan fire worshiping pit that the church was built over, and it is preserved in the underground chamber that the altar is built over. The fire pit is accessible through the museum behind the altar area, more..
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