Historic Sites Attractions In Yeghvard

For the town in Syunik province, see Yeghvard, Syunik. Yeghvard , is a town and urban municipal community in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. It is located 39 kilometres southwest of the provincial centre Hrazdan. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 11,672, almost same as reported during the 2001 census. Currently, the town has an approximate population of 10,900 as per the 2016 official estimate.
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Historic Sites Attractions In Yeghvard

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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Armenia: Trekking with Phoenix Tour and KBS

ARMENIA - TREKKING WITH PHOENIX TOUR AND KBS

In the April of 2013 Phoenix Tour Armenia was hosting the film crew of the biggest South Korean television network, the KBS. Trekking to Mount Ara with Phoenix Tour documentary later went on national primetime, and here is the full version of that broadcast (Kotayk Province, Armenia 2013)

Mount Ara, also known as Arai Ler, is a polygenetic stratovolcanic cone in Armenia's Kotayk Province. Located north of Yerevan, the mountain has a destroyed crater and a base diameter of 9 km at an altitude of 1,900m. Mount Ara named after the early Armenian god and hero king being killed and brought back to life under the mythological circumstances involving the Queen Semiramis.

Built into a mossy cave, complete with a sacred spring, there is a shrine of Kuys Varvara (the Virgin Barbara), also known as Tsaghkevank, with saint’s tomb, altar, ferns, and candle vendors. The Vatican has decided that St. Barbara, like St. Christopher, is probably mythical, but if she did exist she was martyred by her cruel father for espousing Christianity, or alternatively snatched away by the angels. The town of Zoravan and a nearby church, Gharghavank, are located along the mountain's lower slopes. The town of Yeghvard is below the mountain.

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The Most Beautiful Place In Shikahogh Reserve, Syunik Province, Armenia-On The Top Of The Mountain

Powered Paragliding in Tatev, Armenia

Nice video about how fun is Powered Paragliding in Armenia.
We do it many places in Armenia. Tatev, Yeghvard, Aparan, Garni etc.
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Historic Sites Attractions In Yeghvard