Blrashen

Blrashen is a locality in , and has an elevation of 1,482 metres. Blrashen is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Garni Temple and Mashtots Hayrapet Church of Garni.

Temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 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.

Church
Photo: Volodya G., CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

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 4 km northeast of Blrashen.

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 4½ km east of Blrashen.

Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 6 km northeast of Blrashen.

Blrashen

Latitude
40.10121° or 40° 6′ 4″ north
Longitude
44.73488° or 44° 44′ 6″ east
Elevation
1,482 metres (4,862 feet)
Open location code
8HG64P2M+FX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2260740518
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
11336737
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Russian—“Blrashen” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ալիկըռղ” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ալիկրաղի” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ալիկրըխ” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ալիղռըխ” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Ալիղրաղի” (historical)
  • Armenian: “Բլրաշեն”
  • Russian: “Аликрых” (historical)
  • Russian: “Блрашен”

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