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Historic Sites Attractions In Dzoraghbyur

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Dzoraghbyur ; formerly known as Tedzhirabad, is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Dzoraghbyur translates roughly to English as Canyon Fountain. It is located 10 km east of Yerevan and 35 km south of the regional centre Hrazdan. The Dzoraghbyur Training Centre of FC Ararat Yerevan is located in the village of Dzoraghbyur.
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  • 1. Garni Temple Garni
    The Temple of Garni is the only standing Greco-Roman colonnaded building in Armenia and the former Soviet Union. An Ionic temple located in the village of Garni, Armenia, it is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia. The structure was probably built by king Tiridates I in the first century AD as a temple to the sun god Mihr. After Armenia's conversion to Christianity in the early fourth century, it was converted into a royal summer house of Khosrovidukht, the sister of Tiridates III. According to some scholars it was not a temple but a tomb and thus survived the universal destruction of pagan structures. It collapsed in a 1679 earthquake. Renewed interest in the 19th century led to excavations at the site in early and mid-20th century, and its eventual reconstruction ...
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