Areni Municipality

Areni Municipality, referred to as Areni Community, is a rural community and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia, at the southeast of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its administrative centre is the village of Areni.

Photo: Yavuz Çölaşan, CC BY 3.0.

Type: municipality of Armenia with 9,800 residents
Description: rural community in Vayots Dzor, Armenia
Also known as: “Areni” and “Areni Community”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Areni-1 cave and Magellan cave.

Areni-1 cave

Cave

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The Areni-1 cave complex is an ancient multicomponent site, and late Chalcolithic/Early Bronze Age ritual site and settlement, located near the Areni village in southern Armenia along the Arpa River.

Magellan cave

Cave

Photo: Magellancave, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Areni Church

Church

Photo: Vigen Hakhverdyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Surb Astvatsatsin of Areni is a single-nave two-aisled domed church completed in the year 1321. It is located atop a plateau overlooking the Arpa River and the village of Areni in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Areni and Arpi.

Areni

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Areni is a village and the center of the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. Areni is best known for its wine production, with the majority of wine produced locally from the nearby village of Getap.

Arpi

Village

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Arpi is a village in the Areni Municipality of the Vayots Dzor Province in Armenia. It is situated 8 km southwest of the province center, on the right bank of the Arpa River. The Yerevan-Meghri interstate highway passes through the village. Arpi is situated 4 km east of Areni Municipality.