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The Armenite

Armeniaca Place

Armavir

HistoryChristianityAlso: Armavir Province, Armavir Marz, Armavir (ancient city)

Armenian
Արմավիր
Region
Ararat Plain

Armavir is a province on the Ararat Plain, west of Yerevan. Its administrative center is the town of Armavir.1

The ancient city of Armavir was declared the capital of the Yervanduni dynasty in 331 BC. It was abandoned after the Mongol invasions of the thirteenth century.2

Etchmiadzin, the seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians, and the ruins of the church of Zvartnots stand in Armavir, in the town of Vagharshapat. Etchmiadzin Cathedral was built in 301 to 303 and the churches of Saint Hripsime and Saint Gayane in 618 and 630. Zvartnots was built in the middle of the seventh century and fell in the tenth, probably in an earthquake. UNESCO placed the group on the World Heritage List in 2000.3

Map: Armavir Province todayKotaykAragatsotnYerevanAraratArmavirAshtarak10 km
Armavir Province of the Republic of Armenia today. Boundaries: geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0).

Sources

  1. Council of Europe. Local Self-Governance in Armenia. Yerevan, 2013. Table 2.4.1, “Marzes, administrative centers and communities.” link. ↩
  2. “Capitals of Armenia.” Yerevan Municipality. link. ↩
  3. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. “Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots.” World Heritage List, no. 1011 (inscribed 2000). link. ↩