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.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Ruins
- Description: capital of early medieval Armenia
- Also known as“archaeological site of Dvin”“archaeological site of the city of Dvin”“The archaeological site of the city of Dvin”
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Places in the Area
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Hnaberd
Village
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Verin Artashat
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Berdik
Village
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Dvin
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Latitude
40.00461° or 40° 0′ 17″ north
Longitude
44.57915° or 44° 34′ 45″ east
Open location code
8HG62H3H+RM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building = yes
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = ruins
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Dvin” goes by many names.
دفينArabic
دفين، أراراتArabic
ԴվինArmenian
DvinAsturian
DwinAsturian
DvinAzerbaijani
ДвинBashkir
ДвінBelarusian
DvinCatalan
DwinCatalan
DvinCebuano
دوینCentral Kurdish
德文Chinese
德汶Chinese
德温Chinese
德芬Chinese
DvinCroatian
DvinDutch
دفينEgyptian Arabic
DvinEsperanto
დვინიGeorgian
ΝτβινGreek
דוויןHebrew
DvinItalian
ドヴィンJapanese
ドゥヴィンJapanese
ドビンJapanese
DvînKurdish
DvinaLatvian
Dvina (Armēnija)Latvian
ДвинOssetian
دوینPersian
DwinPolish
DvinRomanian
Dvin (oraș medieval)Romanian
ДвинRussian
ДвинSerbian
DvinSlovenian
DvinSwedish
ДвинTajik
Двин борынгы каласы археологик аланыTatar
DivinTurkish
ДвінUkrainian
دوینUrdu
DvinVietnamese
ԴուինWestern Armenian
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