Metsamor
The Metsamor site is an archaeological site in the Ararat Plain region of Armenia. It includes the remains of settlements and structures dating from the Chalcolithic, Bronze, and Early Iron Ages.Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: remains of an old fortress located to the southwest of the Armenian village of Taronik, in the Armavir Province.
- Also known as: “Metsamor site”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lake Ayger.
Lake Ayger
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Akna is a small lake located in the Ararat plain west of Ejmiatsin in Armenia. The area of the lake is 0.07 km2, while its maximum depth is 9.4 meters. Lake Ayger is situated 2½ km northwest of Metsamor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taronik and Artashar.
Taronik
Village
Photo: Sonashen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taronik is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The Iron Age settlement of Metsamor site is located only 1 km southwest of Taronik.
Artashar
Village
Artashar is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Today, almost 42% of the population are Yazidi Kurds.
Zartonk
Village
Zartonk, is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Almost 42% of the population are from the Yazidi minority. Zartonk is situated 3 km southwest of Metsamor.
Metsamor
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Metsamor” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մեծամոր”
- Armenian: “Մեծամորի ամրոց”
- Catalan: “Jaciment i fortalesa de Metsamor”
- Esperanto: “Fortikaĵo Mecamoro”
- Georgian: “მეწამორი”
- German: “Mezamor”
- Pampanga: “Metsamor Karinan”
- Persian: “محوطه متسامور”
- Russian: “крепость Мецамор”
- Russian: “Мецамор”
- Russian: “Мецаморская стоянка”
- Spanish: “Yacimiento fortaleza de Metsamor”
- Swedish: “Metsamor”
- Turkish: “Metsamor Ören Yeri”
- Ukrainian: “Городище Мецамор”
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