Monastery of Varag

Varagavank was an Armenian monastery on the slopes of , 9 km southeast of the city of , in eastern . The monastery was founded in the early 11th century by Senekerim-Hovhannes Artsruni, the Armenian King of Vaspurakan, on a preexisting religious site.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Armenian Apostolic
  • Description: monastery in Bakraçlı, İpekyolu, Van, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Monastery of Varagavank”, “Varagavank”, “Varagavank Manastırı”, “Варагаванкский монастырь”, “Варак”, and “монастырь Семи Церквей”
  • Address: Bakraçlı

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Erek.

Peak
a mountain 3,204 meters high overlooking the city of in eastern . The prominent, now ruined, Armenian monastery of Varagavank is located at the foot of the mountain. The toponym Varag may have originated from a Middle Iranian of "crow". is situated 3 km east of Monastery of Varag.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bostaniçi and Van.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood of the municipality and district of , , . Its population is 31,714. Before the 2013 reorganisation, it was a town in the central district of Van Province. is situated 7 km north of Monastery of Varag.

Photo: Bahoz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in in Turkey. It's on the eastern shore of Lake near the border with Iran, so for Iranians it's an unlikely Reno, a holiday break from their restrictive theocracy.

Locality
Photo: EvgenyGenkin, CC BY 2.5.
Rusahinili ", modern , is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of in eastern . The site has been excavated by archaeological teams from , the , and other countries. is situated 9 km northwest of Monastery of Varag.

Monastery of Varag

Latitude
38.44992° or 38° 26′ 60″ north
Longitude
43.46138° or 43° 27′ 41″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Wiki­data ID
Q291045
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Monastery of Varag” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Վարագավանք”
  • Chinese: “瓦拉加万克修道院”
  • Dutch: “Varagavank”
  • Esperanto: “Varagavank”
  • French: “Varagavank”
  • German: “Varagavank”
  • Kurdish: “Heftdêr”
  • Persian: “واراگاوانک”
  • Russian: “Варагаванк”
  • Serbian: “Варагаванк”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Вараг”
  • Turkish: “Yedi Kilise”
  • Western Armenian: “Վարագայ Վանք”
  • Western Armenian: “Վարագայ վանքի Ս․ Սոֆիա եկեղեցի”

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