Vanevan Gavit

Vanevan Gavit is a church in Lake Sevan Region, Armenia and has an elevation of 1,966 metres. Vanevan Gavit is situated nearby to Holy Mother of God Church, as well as near Church of St. Gregory.

Photo: Ohanyan Dianna, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vanevan Monastery and Holy Mother of God Church.

Vanevan Monastery

Monastery

Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Vanevan Monastery is a monastery located along a gorge south of the village of Artsvanist, southeast of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

Church of St. Gregory

Church

Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Artsvanist and Tsovinar.

Artsvanist is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and a large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby.

Tsovinar

Village

Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tsovinar is a village in the Martuni Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, located to the south of Lake Sevan. Tsovinar is situated 4½ km west of Vanevan Gavit.

Karchaghbyur

Village

Karchaghbyur is a village in the Vardenis Municipality of the Gegharkunik province of Armenia. Karchaghbyur is situated 6 km northeast of Vanevan Gavit.

Vanevan Gavit

Categories: cultural property, gavit, building, historic site, place of worship, and religion
Location: Lake Sevan Region, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude

40.14639° or 40° 8′ 47″ north

Longitude

45.51562° or 45° 30′ 56″ east

Elevation

1,966 metres (6,450 feet)

Open location code

8HG74GW8+H6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1300383782

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=armenian_apostolic

GeoNames ID

11318077

Wikidata ID

Q42892452

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In Other Languages

“Vanevan Gavit” goes by many names.

Armenian: “Vanevan”
Armenian: “Գավիթ”
Armenian: “Վանևան”

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