Debed Canyon

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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Places of Interest

Highlights include Odzun Church and Metallurg.

Odzun Church

Church

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

Metallurg

Stadium

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Metallurg Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Alaverdi, Armenia.

Sanahin Monastery

Monastery

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alaverdi and Odzun.

Alaverdi

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Alaverdi is a city in Northern Armenia, and an important commercial and industrial centre in this region.

Odzun

Village

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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.