Dvin
Dvin was a large commercial city and the capital of early medieval Armenia. It was situated north of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, along the banks of the Metsamor River, 35 kilometres to the south of modern Yerevan.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: capital of early medieval Armenia
- Also known as: “archaeological site of Dvin”, “archaeological site of the city of Dvin”, and “The archaeological site of the city of Dvin”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Surb Gevorg Church.
Surb Gevorg Church
Church
Photo: Armineaghayan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Surb Gevorg Church is situated 2½ km west of Dvin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hnaberd and Verin Artashat.
Hnaberd
Village
Hnaberd is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia.
Verin Artashat
Village
Photo: Liveon001, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Verin Artashat is a village in the Artashat Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. It sits adjacent to the ruins of the ancient city of Dvin.
Dvin
- Categories: city, archaeological site, and tourism
- Location: Ararat Province, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.00377° or 40° 0′ 14″ northLongitude
44.5764° or 44° 34′ 35″ eastElevation
902 metres (2,959 feet)Open location code
8HG62H3G+GHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1244779955OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Dvin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دفين، أرارات”
- Arabic: “دفين”
- Armenian: “Ադաբին, Դաբիլ, Դբիլ, Դեբիլ, Տապիլ, Տբիլ”
- Armenian: “Բուն Ոստան Հայոց, Ոստան, Ոստան Դվնո”
- Armenian: “Դըվին, Դիվի, Դովին, Դուին”
- Armenian: “Դուբիոս, Դուվիո, Դուվիոս, Տիբիուին, Տիվիոն”
- Armenian: “Դվին”
- Asturian: “Dvin”
- Asturian: “Dwin”
- Azerbaijani: “Dvin”
- Bashkir: “Двин”
- Belarusian: “Двін”
- Catalan: “Dvin”
- Catalan: “Dwin”
- Cebuano: “Dvin”
- Central Kurdish: “دوین”
- Chinese: “德文”
- Chinese: “德汶”
- Chinese: “德温”
- Chinese: “德芬”
- Classical Armenian: “Դուին”
- Croatian: “Dvin”
- Dutch: “Dvin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دفين”
- Esperanto: “Dvin”
- French: “Dvin”
- French: “Le site archéologique de la ville de Dvin”
- French: “site archéologique de Dvin”
- French: “site archéologique de la ville de Dvin”
- Georgian: “დვინი”
- German: “Dvin”
- Greek: “Δούβιος”
- Greek: “Ντβιν”
- Greek: “Τίβιον”
- Hebrew: “דווין”
- Italian: “Dvin”
- Japanese: “ドヴィン”
- Japanese: “ドゥヴィン”
- Japanese: “ドビン”
- Kurdish: “Dvîn”
- Latvian: “Dvina (Armēnija)”
- Latvian: “Dvina”
- Persian: “دوین”
- Polish: “Dwin”
- Portuguese: “Dúbio”
- Portuguese: “Dvin”
- Russian: “Двин”
- Serbian: “Двин”
- Slovenian: “Dvin”
- Spanish: “Dvin”
- Swedish: “Dvin”
- Tajik: “Двин”
- Tatar: “Двин борынгы каласы археологик аланы”
- Turkish: “Divin”
- Ukrainian: “Двін”
- Urdu: “دوین”
- Vietnamese: “Dvin”
- Western Armenian: “Դուին”
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