Noraduz
Noratus is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near the town of Gavar. The village has a rich historical past, and is famous for the Noratus cemetery, the largest surviving cemetery in the world featuring khachkars.Places of Interest
Highlights include Noratus cemetery and Holy Mother of God Church.
Noratus cemetery
Photo: Eupator, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Noratus Cemetery, also spelled Noraduz, is a medieval cemetery with many early khachkars located in the village of Noratus in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia, near Gavar and Lake Sevan, 90 km north of Yerevan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Artsvakar and Gavar.
Artsvakar
Village
Artsvakar, is former village and currently a neighbourhood within the town of Gavar, the capital of Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It is home to an Iron Age fortress, dating back to the 2nd millennium BC.
Gavar
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Gavar is a town of 18,000 in Armenia's Lake Sevan Region on the shores of Gavaraget river. This article also includes nearby Noratus.
Noraduz
- Type: Village with 5,890 residents
- Categories: residential area and locality
- Location: Lake Sevan Region, Armenia, Caucasus, Asia
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Latitude
40.37483° or 40° 22′ 29″ northLongitude
45.17248° or 45° 10′ 21″ eastPopulation
5,890Open location code
8HG795FC+WXOpenStreetMap ID
way 184489918OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Russian—“Noraduz” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Նորատուս”
- French: “Noradouz”
- Russian: “Норатус”
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Localities in the Area
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