Sanahin
Sanahin is a district of the city of Alaverdi in the northern province of Lori in Armenia. Once a separate village, it is the location of the Sanahin Monastery complex, founded in the 10th century and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the nearby Haghpat Monastery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Neighborhood with 669 residents
- Description: village in Lori Province of Armenia
- Also known as: “Sanain”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanahin Monastery and Chapel of St. Sarkis.
Sanahin Monastery
Monastery
Photo: Vahag851, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in Sanahin in the Lori Province of Armenia. The name Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as 'this one is older than that one', presumably representing a claim to being an older monastery than the neighbouring Haghpat Monastery, located about 3 kilometers to the east, with which it forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Chapel of St. Sarkis
Place of worship
Photo: Arman musikyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Chapel of St. Sarkis is a place of worship.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Alaverdi and Akner.
Alaverdi
Alaverdi is a city in Northern Armenia, and an important commercial and industrial centre in this region.
Akner
Village
Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Akner, is a village that belongs to the municipal community of Alaverdi, in the Lori Province of Armenia.
Haghpat
Village
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Haghpat is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia, located near the city of Alaverdi and the state border with Georgia. The village is notable for Haghpat Monastery, a medieval monastery complex founded in the 10th century, and included in the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1996 along with nearby Sanahin Monastery. Haghpat is situated 4 km east of Sanahin.
Sanahin
- Categories: village in Armenia, residential area, and locality
- Location: Alaverdi Municipality, Lori, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
41.08832° or 41° 5′ 18″ northLongitude
44.66639° or 44° 39′ 59″ eastPopulation
669Elevation
1,016 metres (3,333 feet)Open location code
8HH63MQ8+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 353023373OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Sanahin” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Սանագին” (historical)
- Armenian: “Սանաին” (historical)
- Armenian: “Սանահին”
- Azerbaijani: “Sanahin”
- Belarusian: “Санаін”
- Bulgarian: “Санаин”
- Catalan: “Sanahín”
- Chinese: “Sanahin”
- Chinese: “萨纳欣”
- Chinese: “薩納欣”
- Croatian: “Sanahin”
- Czech: “Sanahin”
- Dutch: “Sanahin”
- Finnish: “Sanahin”
- French: “Sanahin”
- Galician: “Sanahin”
- Georgian: “სანაინი”
- German: “Sanahin”
- Greek: “Σαναχίν”
- Hebrew: “סאנאהין”
- Hungarian: “Szanahin”
- Italian: “Sanahin”
- Japanese: “サナイン”
- Japanese: “サナイン修道院”
- Korean: “사나힌”
- Macedonian: “Санахин”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Sanahin”
- Mongolian: “Санаин хийд”
- Persian: “ساناهین”
- Polish: “Sanahin”
- Portuguese: “Sanahin”
- Russian: “Санаин”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sanahin”
- Slovenian: “Sanahin”
- Spanish: “Sanahin”
- Spanish: “Sanahín”
- Swedish: “Sanahin”
- Turkish: “Sanahin”
- Ukrainian: “Санаїн”
- Vietnamese: “Sanahin”
- Western Frisian: “Sanahin”
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