Yervandashat
Yervandashat was the last capital of the Kingdom of the Orontids, succeeding Armavir. It was founded by King Yervand IV the Last on the left bank of the Araxes River, at its confluence with the Akhurian River.Photo: vahemart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historical site
- Description: historical capital of Armenia
- Also known as: “Eruandashat”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yervandashat and Bagaran.
Yervandashat
Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yervandashat is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. The village has a ruined basilica dated to the 4th or 5th century and the Saint Shushanik church of the 10th to 17th century.
Bagaran
Village
Photo: Halabian, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bagaran is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. Its name is derived from the nearby ancient Armenian city of Bagaran which was a large city and fortress that straddled both banks of the Akhurian River, and served as a former capital of medieval Armenia.
Yervandashat
- Categories: archaeological site, ancient city, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Armavir Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Yervandashat” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Երևանդաշատ”
- Armenian: “Երվանդաշատ”
- Armenian: “Երվանդաքար”
- Armenian: “Մարմետ”
- Asturian: “Yerevandashat”
- Asturian: “Yervandashat”
- Belarusian: “Ервандашат”
- Catalan: “Yerevandashat”
- Chinese: “耶萬達沙特”
- Classical Armenian: “Երուանդաշատ”
- Dutch: “Jervandasjat”
- French: “Ervandachat”
- Georgian: “ერვანდაშატი”
- German: “Jerwandaschat, Historische Stätte”
- German: “Jerwandaschat”
- Greek: “Γερβαντασάτ”
- Japanese: “イェルヴァンダシャト (古都)”
- Persian: “یروانداشات (شهر باستانی)”
- Persian: “یروانداشات”
- Portuguese: “Eruandaxata”
- Russian: “Ервандашат”
- Slovenian: “Jervandašat”
- Spanish: “Yerevandashat”
- Spanish: “Yervandashat”
- Turkish: “Yervandaşat”
- Urdu: “یروانداشات”
- Western Armenian: “Երուանդաշատ”
- Western Armenian: “Երուանդաքար”
- Western Armenian: “Մարմէտ”
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