Bayburd
Geghmahovit or Bayburd is an abandoned town in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Traces of an early medieval armenian Bayburd settlement have been preserved in the Khosrov reserve, at the confluence of the Aghjo and Glan tributaries of the Azat River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: place in Ararat, Armenia
- Also known as: “Geghmahovit” and “Yellidzha”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Havuts Tar and St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank).
Havuts Tar
Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Havuts Tar is an 11th to 13th century walled monastery, situated upon a promontory along the Azat River Valley across from the villages of Goght and Garni in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. Havuts Tar is situated 4 km north of Bayburd.
St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank)
Church
Photo: Z galstyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aghjots Vank; also known as the Saint Stephen Monastery of Goght, is a 13th-century monastery situated along a tributary of the Azat River Valley within the Khosrov State Reserve located half a mile walk from the hamlet of Mets Gilanlar, and near the villages of Goght and Garni in the Ararat Province of Armenia. St. Stepanos (Aghjots Vank) is situated 2½ km northeast of Bayburd.
Surb Amenaprkich
Church
Photo: Toneyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Surb Amenaprkich is a church, which is situated 4 km north of Bayburd.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garni and Goght.
Garni
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
Garni is a village in the Kotayk Province of Central Armenia. Most visitors come on day trips from Yerevan to see Garni Temple and Geghard Monastery, but the area deserves a longer stay.
Goght
Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Goght is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia, located on the right bank of the upper-Azat River. It is known from 13th-century manuscripts as Goghot. Goght is situated 5 km north of Bayburd.
Geghard
Village
Photo: Dec53, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Geghard is a village in the Kotayk Province of Armenia. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Geghard monastery is located southeast of Geghard village, near Goght. Geghard is situated 7 km north of Bayburd.
Bayburd
- Categories: former settlement and locality
- Location: Ararat Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.09065° or 40° 5′ 26″ northLongitude
44.78367° or 44° 47′ 1″ eastElevation
1,386 metres (4,547 feet)Open location code
8HG63QRM+7FOpenStreetMap ID
node 2007285239OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Bayburd” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Baberd”
- Armenian: “Բաբերդ”
- Armenian: “Բայբուրդ”
- Armenian: “Գեղմահովիտ”
- Azerbaijani: “Bayburd”
- Dutch: “Bayburd”
- Irish: “Bayburd”
- Persian: “بایبرد”
- Russian: “Байбурд”
- Russian: “Гегмаовит”
- Turkish: “Bayburd”
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