Sanahnasar

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Sanahin Monastery

Monastery

Photo: Vahag851, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sanahin Monastery is an Armenian monastery founded in the 10th century in Sanahin in the Lori Province of Armenia. The name Sanahin literally translates from Armenian as 'this one is older than that one', presumably representing a claim to being an older monastery than the neighbouring Haghpat Monastery, located about 3 kilometers to the east, with which it forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Odzun Church

Church

Photo: Emma YSU, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Odzun Church is an Armenian basilica constructed around the 5th–7th century in the Odzun village of the Lori Province of Armenia.

Horomayr

Monastery

Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Horomayr Monastery is a monastic complex in the Lori Province of Armenia. The monastery is built on the cliffs 1 km south of the village of Odzun. It is easiest to get to Odzun from Alaverdi via the town's public transport.

Places in the Area

Odzun

Village

Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Odzun is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is situated on a plateau above the left bank of the Debed river gorge, about a thousand metres above the Yerevan–Tbilisi highway, a few kilometres south of the town of Alaverdi.

Akner

Village

Photo: Kulmalukko, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Akner, is a village that belongs to the municipal community of Alaverdi, in the Lori Province of Armenia.

Debed Canyon

Photo: Lilit.amiraghyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Debed Canyon is in Northern Armenia. There are two cities along the river at the bottom of the canyon, and a good number of villages that are mainly on the plain that is atop the canyon walls. Alaverdi is the biggest city in the region by far.

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