Havuts Tar

Havuts Tar is an 11th to 13th century walled monastery, situated upon a promontory along the Azat River Valley across from the villages of and in the of .
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Photo: Soghomon Matevosyan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: cultural heritage monument of Armenia

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Surb Amenaprkich and Saint Karapet Chapel.

Church
Photo: Toneyan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a church, which is situated 150 metres west of Havuts Tar.

Church
Photo: Beko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a church, which is situated 220 metres east of Havuts Tar.

Temple
Photo: TheJerboa, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a classical colonnaded structure in the village of , in central , around 30 km east of . Built in the Ionic order, it is the best-known structure and symbol of pre-Christian Armenia. is situated 3½ km west of Havuts Tar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Goght and Garni.

Village
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is a village in the of , located on the right bank of the upper-Azat River. It is known from 13th-century manuscripts as Goghot.

Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 2.5.
is a village in the Kotayk Province of . Most visitors come on day trips from Yerevan to see Temple and Geghard Monastery, but the area deserves a longer stay.

Hamlet
Geghmahovit or Bayburd is an abandoned town in the Ararat Province of . Traces of an early medieval armenian Bayburd settlement have been preserved in the Khosrov reserve, at the confluence of the Aghjo and Glan tributaries of the Azat River. is situated 4 km south of Havuts Tar.

Havuts Tar

Latitude
40.12304° or 40° 7′ 23″ north
Longitude
44.76933° or 44° 46′ 10″ east
Open location code
8HG64QF9+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 646703333
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monastery
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­armenian_apostolic
Wiki­data ID
Q3128737
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Havuts Tar” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Արունեց եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Դարունեց եկեղեցի”
  • Armenian: “Դարունից վանք”
  • Armenian: “Կարմիր վանք”
  • Armenian: “Կզըլվանք”
  • Armenian: “Հայոց թառ”
  • Armenian: “Հայու թառ”
  • Armenian: “Հայվոց թառ”
  • Armenian: “Հավոց թառ”
  • Armenian: “Հավու թառ”
  • Armenian: “Հավուց Թառ”
  • Armenian: “Հավուց թառի Ամենափրկիչ”
  • Armenian: “Հավուց թառի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Հավուց Թառի վանք”
  • Armenian: “Վանական համալիր Հավուց թառ”
  • Czech: “Klášter Havuc Tar”
  • Czech: “Klášter Havuts Tar”
  • Dutch: “Havuts Tar”
  • Esperanto: “Havuc Tar”
  • French: “Havuts Tar”
  • Georgian: “ჰავუც-თარი”
  • German: “Kloster Havuts Tar”
  • Persian: “صومعه هاووتس تار”
  • Polish: “Hawuc Tarr Klasztor Wszystkich Świętych”
  • Polish: “Hawuc Tarr”
  • Polish: “Hawuctar”
  • Russian: “Авуц Тар”
  • Russian: “Красный монастырь”
  • Russian: “монастырь Всеспасителя”
  • Russian: “церковь Арунец”
  • Russian: “церковь Дарунец”
  • Spanish: “Havuts Tar”
  • Turkish: “Havuts Tar Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Авуц Тар”
  • Ukrainian: “Авуц-Тар”

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