Amaras Monastery

Amaras Monastery is an Armenian monastery near the village of , in the region of , . It was a prominent religious and educational center in medieval Armenia. denies the monastery's Armenian Apostolic heritage, instead falsely referring to it as "Caucasian Albanian".
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  • Armenian Apostolic church
  • …lies at an elevation of around 520 metres (1,710 feet)
  • …is also known as “Amaras”
  • Description: monastery in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan

Places of Interest Nearby

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Machkalashen and Qacar.
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Amaras Monastery

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Latitude
39.68373° or 39° 41′ 1″ north
Longitude
47.05737° or 47° 3′ 27″ east
Open location code
8HF9M3M4+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 208009778
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Geo­Names ID
8506806
Wiki­data ID
Q507050

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Amaras Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Աղօղլան”
  • Armenian: “Ամարազ”
  • Armenian: “Ամարասի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Ամարեն”
  • Armenian: “Արմարաս”
  • Armenian: “Մարաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amaras monastırı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Amaras”
  • Bashkir: “Амарас”
  • Basque: “Amarasko monasterioa”
  • Bengali: “আমারাস উপাসনালয়”
  • Catalan: “Monestir d’Amaras”
  • Chinese: “阿馬拉斯修道院”
  • Chinese: “阿马拉斯修道院”
  • Dutch: “Amaras Monastery”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Amaras”
  • French: “Amaras”
  • Georgian: “ამარასის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Kloster Amaras”
  • Greek: “Μονή Αμάρας”
  • Italian: “Monastero di Amaras”
  • Persian: “صومعه آماراس”
  • Portuguese: “Mosteiro de Amaras”
  • Russian: “Амарас”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Амарас”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Амарас”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Amaras”
  • Turkish: “Amaras Manastırı”
  • Turkish: “Amaras”
  • Ukrainian: “Амарас”
  • Western Armenian: “Ամարասի վանք”
  • Western Armenian: “Ամարէն վամք”

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