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Aragatsotn Province

Hovhannavank

Hovhannavank, also Yovhannavank‘ is a medieval monastery located in the village of in the Aragatsotn Province of . The monastery stands on the edge of the Kasagh River canyon, and its territory is adjacent to the village of Ohanavan.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: monastery
  • Also known as: “Hovhannavank‘”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kasakh Waterfall and Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi.

Waterfall
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is situated 530 metres south of Hovhannavank.

Church
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Saint Sarkis Monastery is a large monastic complex, 45 by 54 metres just outside the village of in the of . It sits at the far side of what was once a settlement site from the 3rd - 1st millennia BC. is situated 2½ km west of Hovhannavank.

Work of art
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is a work of art, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Hovhannavank.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ohanavan and Karbi.

Village
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is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of . was resettled in 1828 by emigrants from . On a nearby escarpment sits the 13th-century Hovhannavank Monastery.

Village
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is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of , near the town of . Within the area there is a triple-nave basilica of S.

Village
Photo: Արարատ Թրվանց, CC0.
is a village in the Ashtarak Municipality of the of . It contains a 10th-century chapel, and approximately 1 km outside the village are the ruins of Saint Sargis Monastery of the 7th to 13th centuries.

Hovhannavank

Latitude
40.33955° or 40° 20′ 22″ north
Longitude
44.38871° or 44° 23′ 19″ east
Elevation
1,321 metres (4,334 feet)
Open location code
8HG689QQ+RF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 121823299
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Geo­Names ID
11231231
Wiki­data ID
Q1632005
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Frisian—“Hovhannavank” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Hovhannavank’”
  • Armenian: “Հովհաննավանք”
  • Armenian: “Վանական համալիր Հովհաննավանք”
  • Bulgarian: “Хованаванк”
  • Catalan: “Hovhannavank”
  • Chinese: “霍瓦漢納瓦克修道院”
  • Dutch: “Hovhannavank”
  • Esperanto: “Monaĥejo Hovhannavank”
  • French: “Hovannavank”
  • French: “Hovhannavank”
  • Georgian: “ოვანავანქი”
  • German: “Hovhanavankh”
  • German: “Howhannawank”
  • German: “Kloster Howhannawank”
  • Persian: “هووهاناوانک”
  • Persian: “هووهانناوانک”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Ованаванк”
  • Russian: “Ованаванк”
  • Russian: “Ованнаванк”
  • Slovenian: “Samostan Hovhanavank”
  • Spanish: “Hovhannavank”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de Hovhannavank”
  • Turkish: “Hovhannavank”
  • Ukrainian: “Ованаванк”
  • Ukrainian: “Оганаванк (монастир)”
  • Ukrainian: “Оганаванк”
  • Western Frisian: “Hovhannavank”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hovhannavank”. Photo: Hayktt, CC BY-SA 4.0.