Vahanavank
Vahanavank is a 10th-11th century Armenian Apostolic cathedral located approximately 5 kilometers west of the town of Kapan in the Syunik Province of Armenia, situated at the foot of Tigranasar mountain along the right bank of the Voghdji River.
- Armenian Apostolic church
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,090 metres (3,560 feet)
- …is also known as “Vahanavank Monastery”
- Description: monastic Complex in Armenia
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1½ km east of Vahanavank
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hamletavan and Andokavan.
Hamletavan
Neighborhood
Hamletavan is a town in the Kapan community of the Syunik Province of Armenia.
2½ km northwest of Vahanavank
Andokavan
Andokavan is a village in the Kajaran Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.
5 km west of Vahanavank
Nerkin Giratagh
Village
Nerkin Giratagh is an abandoned village in the Kajaran Municipality of Syunik Province of Armenia.
5 km west of Vahanavank
Vahanavank
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Latitude
39.21765° or 39° 13′ 4″ north
Longitude
46.3325° or 46° 19′ 57″ east
Open location code
8HF8689M+32
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = monastery
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination = armenian_apostolic
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Vahanavank” goes by many names.
Vahanavank’Armenian
ՎահանավանքArmenian
VahanvəngAzerbaijani
Kloster WahanavankBavarian
WahanavankBavarian
ڤاھاناڤانکCentral Kurdish
VahanavankDutch
Monaĥejo VahanavankEsperanto
ვაჰანავანქიGeorgian
ΒαχαναβάνκGreek
واهاناوانکPersian
ВаганаванкRussian
Монастырь ВаганаванкRussian
VahanavankSerbian
ВаханаванкSerbian
VahanavankTurkish
Монастир ВаганаванкUkrainian
VahanavankWestern Frisian
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