Artashat
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.Photo: Franck devedjian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Large commercial city and the capital of ancient Armenia during the reign of king Artaxias I
- Also known as: “Artaxata”, “Artaxiasata”, and “Mint of Artaxata”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Khor Virap.
Khor Virap
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Khor Virap is situated 370 metres southeast of Artashat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lusarat and Taperakan.
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.
Taperakan
Village
Photo: GeoO, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taperakan is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. The village used to be named for Sergey Kirov, an early Bolshevik leader. Taperakan is situated 5 km north of Artashat.
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 Artashat.
Artashat
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Ararat Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Western Armenian—“Artashat” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀρτάξατα”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ἀρταξιάσατα”
- Armenian: “Artashat”
- Armenian: “Արտաշատ”
- Belarusian: “Арташат (старажытны)”
- Belarusian: “Арташат”
- Catalan: “Artàxata”
- Chinese: “阿塔克夏塔”
- Chinese: “阿塔克薩塔”
- Chinese: “阿爾塔克夏塔”
- Classical Armenian: “Արտաշատ”
- Dutch: “Artaxata”
- Esperanto: “Artaŝata”
- French: “Artaxata”
- Georgian: “არტაშატი (ძველი ქალაქი)”
- Georgian: “არტაშატი”
- German: “Artaxata”
- Greek: “Αρταξάτα”
- Greek: “Αρτάξατα”
- Hebrew: “ארטשט”
- Italian: “Artaxata”
- Japanese: “アルカタ”
- Japanese: “アルタクシャタ”
- Japanese: “アルタシャト”
- Japanese: “アルタハタ”
- Korean: “아르탁사타”
- Latin: “Artaxata”
- Latvian: “Artaksata”
- Persian: “آرتاشات”
- Polish: “Artaszat”
- Romanian: “Artaxata”
- Russian: “Арташат”
- Spanish: “Artashat”
- Spanish: “Artaxata”
- Swedish: “Artasjat”
- Turkish: “Artaxata”
- Urdu: “آرتاشاتا”
- Western Armenian: “Արտաշատ”
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