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Scenic Drive Attractions In Armenia

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Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located in Western Asia on the Armenian Highlands, it is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhchivan to the south.Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. Urartu was established in 860 BC and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and became the first state in...
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Scenic Drive Attractions In Armenia

  • 1. Ughtasar Petroglyphs Syunik Province
    Ughtasar Petroglyphs are petroglyphs found on Ughtasar mountain near the town of Sisian in Armenia's southern province of Syunik. There are dozens of rock carvings, known as Itsagir, found in the territory of Armenia. Reproductions of the petroglyphs, or rock engravings, of Ughtasar can be found all over Yerevan; they are inscribed onto silver jewelry, painted onto coffee cups, traced into hand-made pottery, and they adorn the walls of cafes. However reaching the actual petroglyphs of Ughtasar can be challenging, as with most of Armenia’s noteworthy sites. Located in the Syunik mountain range about 20 miles from Sisian in southern Armenia, the petroglyphs can only be accessed by an uphill climb in a Soviet-era 4×4 UAZ. Over 2,000 decorated rock fragments extend to the foot of the mounta...
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