Khor Virap
Khor Virap is an Armenian monastery located in the Ararat Plain in Armenia, near the border with Turkey, about 8 kilometres south of Artashat, Ararat Province, within the territory of ancient Artaxata.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Artaxata.
Artaxata
Ruins
Photo: Franck devedjian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Artashat, Hellenized as Artaxata and Artaxiasata, was a major city and commercial center of ancient Armenia that served as the capital of the Kingdom of Armenia from its founding in 176 BC to 120 AD, with some interruptions. Artaxata is situated 1 km north of Khor Virap.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lusarat and Pokr Vedi.
Lusarat
Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lusarat is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. It is situated adjacent to the Armenia–Turkey border.
Pokr Vedi
Village
Photo: Michal Gorski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pokr Vedi is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. Pokr Vedi is situated 3½ km northeast of Khor Virap.
Aralık
Town
Aralık is a town in the Iğdır Province in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It is the seat of Aralık District. Its population is 5,809. Aralık lies near the right bank of the river Aras, across the border from the Armenian town Artashat. Aralık is situated 5 km west of Khor Virap.
Khor Virap
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia
- Categories: monastery and tourism
- Location: Vedi Municipality, Ararat Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
39.87836° or 39° 52′ 42″ northLongitude
44.57615° or 44° 34′ 34″ eastElevation
825 metres (2,707 feet)Open location code
8HF6VHHG+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 3423637764OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Khor Virap” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Խոր Վիրապ”
- Armenian: “Խոր վիրապի վանք”
- Armenian: “Վանական համալիր Խոր Վիրապ”
- Azerbaijani: “Xorvirab monastırı”
- Bashkir: “Хор Вирап”
- Catalan: “Khor Virap”
- Chinese: “霍爾維拉普”
- Croatian: “Hor Virap”
- Czech: “Chor Virap”
- Danish: “Khor Virap”
- Dutch: “Chor Virap”
- Dutch: “Khor Virab”
- Dutch: “Khor Virap”
- Esperanto: “Ĥor-Virapo”
- Estonian: “Hor Virap”
- French: “Khor Virab”
- French: “Khor Virap”
- French: “Khor-Virap”
- Galician: “Khor Virap”
- Georgian: “ხორ-ვირაპი”
- German: “Chor Virap”
- German: “Chor Wirap”
- German: “Khor Virap”
- German: “Kloster Chor Wirap”
- Greek: “Χορ Βιράπ”
- Hebrew: “חור ויראפ”
- Hungarian: “Hor Virap”
- Indonesian: “Biara Khor Virap”
- Indonesian: “Khor Virap”
- Italian: “Khor Virap”
- Japanese: “khor virap”
- Japanese: “コル・ヴィラプ修道院”
- Japanese: “ホル・ヴィラップ修道院”
- Japanese: “ホル・ヴィラプ”
- Korean: “코르비랍”
- Latvian: “Horvirapas klosteris”
- Luxembourgish: “Khor Virap”
- Macedonian: “Хор Вирап”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Khor Virap”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Khor Virap”
- Norwegian: “Khor Virap”
- Persian: “صومعه خور ویراپ”
- Polish: “Chor Wirap”
- Portuguese: “Khor Virap”
- Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Cor Virape”
- Russian: “Монастырь Хор Вирап”
- Russian: “Хор Вирап”
- Russian: “Хорвираб”
- Serbian: “Hor Virap”
- Serbian: “Хор Вирап”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Hor Virap”
- Slovenian: “Khor Virap”
- Slovenian: “Samostan Hor Virap”
- Spanish: “Jor Virap”
- Spanish: “Khor Virap”
- Swedish: “Khor Virap”
- Tamil: “கோர் விரப்”
- Thai: “โคร์วีรัป”
- Turkish: “Hor Virap Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Хор Вірап”
- Western Armenian: “Խոր Վիրապ”
- Western Frisian: “Chor Virap”
- Western Frisian: “Khor Virap”
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