Landmarks

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UNESCO World Heritage

Yerevan & Around

Etchmiadzin Cathedral (Vagharshapat)

Considered the oldest cathedral in the world, founded around 301–303 AD, and the centre of the Armenian Apostolic Church.
Yerevan & Around

Garni Temple

A first-century Greco-Roman temple on a gorge edge, the only standing pagan temple of its kind in the former Soviet Union.
UNESCO World Heritage

Yerevan & Around

Geghard Monastery

A thirteenth-century monastery partly carved into the cliff, with rock-cut chapels and remarkable acoustics.
UNESCO World Heritage

Lori

Haghpat and Sanahin Monasteries

Two medieval monastic complexes in the northern Lori region, together a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Yerevan & Around

Khor Virap Monastery

A monastery beside the Turkish border with the classic view of snow-capped Mount Ararat, where Saint Gregory the Illuminator was held in a pit.
Vayots Dzor

Noravank Monastery

A thirteenth-century monastery in a red-rock canyon, known for its two-storey Surb Astvatsatsin church and fine stone carvings.
Lake Sevan

Sevanavank Monastery

Two ninth-century churches on a peninsula overlooking Lake Sevan, one of the largest high-altitude freshwater lakes in the world.
Syunik

Tatev Monastery

A ninth-century monastery on a cliff above the Vorotan Gorge, reached by the Wings of Tatev, one of the world’s longest reversible cable cars.
Yerevan & Around

Tsitsernakaberd (Armenian Genocide Memorial), Yerevan

A hilltop memorial with an eternal flame and a museum commemorating the victims of 1915.
Yerevan & Around

Yerevan Cascade

A giant limestone staircase with fountains and modern sculptures, leading up to views of the city and Mount Ararat.