Armazi

Armazi is a locale in , 4 km southwest of and 22 km northwest of . A part of historical Greater Mtskheta, it is a place where the ancient city of the same name and the original capital of the early Georgian kingdom of or Iberia was located.
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Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: ancient Georgian city
  • Also known as: “Armaztsikhe”, “Armaztsikhe-Bagineti”, and “Armaztsikhe-Bagineti Archaeological Site”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Svetitskhoveli Cathedral and Jvari Monastery.

Church
Photo: Supanut Arunoprayote, CC BY 4.0.
The is an Orthodox Christian cathedral located in the historic town of , , northwest of the Georgian capital . is situated 500 metres north of Armazi.

Monastery
Photo: Alexxx1979, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a sixth-century Orthodox monastery near , eastern Georgia. Jvari is a rare case of an Early Medieval Georgian church that has survived to the present day almost unchanged. is situated 1 km east of Armazi.

Church
Photo: Ymblanter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 480 metres northeast of Armazi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mtskheta and Tsitsamuri.

Photo: Kober, Public domain.
is a town with a population of about 8,000 people 15 km north of in the region of .

Village
is a small village outside , . It is known as the place where the nation's famous writer and poet, Ilia Chavchavadze, was assassinated in 1907. is situated 2½ km north of Armazi.

Neighborhood
Photo: Gaga.vaa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Armazi.

Armazi

Latitude
41.83775° or 41° 50′ 16″ north
Longitude
44.72124° or 44° 43′ 17″ east
Population
83
Elevation
1,212 metres (3,976 feet)
Operator
National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation
Open location code
8HH6RPQC+3F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157992650
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
615683
Wiki­data ID
Q1280770
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Armazi” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Արմազ”
  • Armenian: “Արմազի”
  • Armenian: “Արմազցիխե”
  • Azerbaijani: “Armazi (şəhər)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Armazi”
  • Bashkir: “Армази (ҡала)”
  • Bashkir: “Армази”
  • Catalan: “Armaz-Tsikhe”
  • Catalan: “Armazi”
  • Croatian: “Armazi”
  • Dutch: “Armazi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ارمازى”
  • Finnish: “Armazi”
  • French: “Armazi”
  • French: “Армази”
  • French: “არმაზციხე”
  • Georgian: “არმაზციხე-ბაგინეთი არქეოლოგიური ძეგლი”
  • Georgian: “არმაზციხე”
  • Georgian: “ბაგინეთი”
  • German: “Armazi”
  • German: “Армази”
  • German: “არმაზციხე”
  • Greek: “Αρμάζι”
  • Hebrew: “ארמאזי”
  • Hungarian: “Armazi”
  • Irish: “Armazi”
  • Korean: “아르마지”
  • Ossetian: “Армаз”
  • Persian: “آرمازی”
  • Polish: “Armazi”
  • Portuguese: “Armazi”
  • Russian: “Армаз”
  • Russian: “Армази”
  • Russian: “Армазцихе”
  • Russian: “Древний город Армазцихе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Armazi”
  • Slovenian: “Armazi”
  • Spanish: “Armazi”
  • Swedish: “Armazi”
  • Swedish: “Armaztsiche”
  • Turkish: “Armazi”
  • Ukrainian: “Армазі”

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