Mardants
Mardants is an abandoned locality in Ararat Province, Armenia and has an elevation of 2,051 metres. Mardants is situated nearby to the abandoned locality Yernji Tap, as well as near the village Goght.Places of Interest
Highlights include Geghard and Havuts Tar.
Geghard
Monastery
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Geghard is a medieval monastery in the Kotayk province of Armenia, being partially carved out of the adjacent mountain, surrounded by cliffs. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with enhanced protection status.
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 3 km west of Mardants.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Goght and Geghard.
Goght
Village
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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.
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 3 km north of Mardants.
Baberd
Hamlet
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. Baberd is situated 4½ km south of Mardants.
Mardants
- Type: Abandoned locality
- Historically known as: “Almardan”
- Location: Ararat Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.12851° or 40° 7′ 43″ northLongitude
44.803° or 44° 48′ 11″ eastElevation
2,051 metres (6,729 feet)Open location code
8HG64RH3+C5GeoNames ID
793701
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Mardants” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Ալիմարդան” (historical)
- Armenian: “Մարդանց”
- Russian: “Алмардан” (historical)
- Russian: “Марданц”
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