Khor Virap
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Address | H11 , near the village of, Pokr Vedi 0612, Armenia |
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Phone | +374 93 533685 |
Architectural styles | Armenian Architecture |
Function | Monastery |
Architects | Nerses III the Builder |
Groundbreaking | 1662 |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2478507 |
About Khor Virap
Khor Virap is an Armenian monastery located in the Ararat plain in Armenia, near the closed border with Turkey, about 8 kilometres south of Artashat, Ararat Province, within the territory of ancient Artaxata. The monastery was host to a theological seminary and was the residence of Armenian Catholicos.
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