Garni Temple

The Garni Temple is a classical colonnaded structure in the village of , in central , around 30 km east of . Built in the Ionic order, it is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Temple
  • Description: sacred architecture
  • Also known as: “Garni Pagan Temple;Garni Temple”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mashtots Hayrapet Church of Garni and Khumarzham (Khonarvats) Church ruins.

Church
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Mashtots Hayrapet is a church located within the village of in the of . It was built in the 12th century at the site of what was formerly a pagan shrine. is situated 1 km northeast of Garni Temple.

Church
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is situated 690 metres north of Garni Temple.

Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an 11th to 13th century walled monastery, situated upon a promontory along the Azat River Valley across from the villages of and in the of . is situated 3½ km east of Garni Temple.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garni and Baberd.

Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
is a village in the Kotayk Province of . Most visitors come on day trips from Yerevan to see Temple and Geghard Monastery, but the area deserves a longer stay.

Hamlet
Geghmahovit or Bayburd is an abandoned town in the Ararat Province of . Traces of an early medieval armenian Bayburd settlement have been preserved in the Khosrov reserve, at the confluence of the Aghjo and Glan tributaries of the Azat River. is situated 5 km southeast of Garni Temple.

Village
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is a village in the of , located on the right bank of the upper-Azat River. It is known from 13th-century manuscripts as Goghot. is situated 5 km northeast of Garni Temple.

Garni Temple

Latitude
40.11234° or 40° 6′ 44″ north
Longitude
44.73022° or 44° 43′ 49″ east
Elevation
1,303 metres (4,275 feet)
Open location code
8HG64P6J+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 108255791
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
11336259
Wiki­data ID
Q684072
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Garni Temple” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبد غارني”
  • Armenian: “Գառնի Հեթանոսական Տաճար”
  • Armenian: “Գառնիի հեթանոսական տաճար”
  • Armenian: “Գառնիի Հեթանոսական Տաճար”
  • Armenian: “Գառնու հեթանոսական տաճար”
  • Armenian: “Տաճար”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gərni məbədi”
  • Belarusian: “Гарні (храм)”
  • Belarusian: “Гарні”
  • Bengali: “গাণী মন্দির”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм на Митра”
  • Catalan: “temple de Garní”
  • Catalan: “Temple de Garní”
  • Central Kurdish: “پەرستگای گەرنی”
  • Chinese: “加尔尼神庙”
  • Chinese: “加爾尼神廟”
  • Czech: “Chrám Garni”
  • Czech: “Chrám v Garni”
  • Czech: “Gaṙnu tačar”
  • Czech: “Գառնու տաճար”
  • Dutch: “Garni Temple”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Garni”
  • Esperanto: “Templo de Garni”
  • Estonian: “Garni tempel”
  • French: “temple de Garni”
  • French: “Temple de Garni”
  • Georgian: “გარნის ტაძარი”
  • German: “Tempel von Garni”
  • Greek: “Ναός του Γκαρνί”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש גארני”
  • Hungarian: “Napisten templom”
  • Indonesian: “Kuil Garni”
  • Italian: “Tempio di Garni”
  • Japanese: “Garni寺院”
  • Japanese: “ガーニ寺院”
  • Japanese: “ガルニ寺院、ガーニ神殿、ガルニ神殿”
  • Korean: “가르니 사원”
  • Korean: “가르니 신전”
  • Latvian: “Garni templis”
  • Lithuanian: “Garni šventykla”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Temple de Garni”
  • Persian: “گارنی”
  • Persian: “معبد گارنی”
  • Polish: “Świątynia rzymska w Garni”
  • Polish: “Świątynia w Garni”
  • Portuguese: “Templo de Garni”
  • Russian: “Гарни”
  • Russian: “Храм Гарни”
  • Slovenian: “Tempelj v Garniju”
  • Spanish: “Templo de Garni”
  • Swedish: “Templet i Garni”
  • Tatar: “Гарни гыйбадәтханәсе”
  • Tatar: “Гарни”
  • Thai: “วิหารการ์นี”
  • Turkish: “Garni Tapınağı”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Гарні”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм Ґарні”
  • Uzbek: “Garni”
  • Vietnamese: “Đền Garni”
  • Western Armenian: “Գառնիի Հեթանոսական Տաճար”
  • Western Frisian: “Timpel fan Garni”

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