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Lori

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Armenian
Լոռի
Region
Northern Armenia

Lori is a province in northern Armenia. Its administrative center is Vanadzor.1

The monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin stand in Lori. They were centers of learning in the time of the Kiurikian dynasty, and Sanahin was known for its schools of manuscript illumination and calligraphy. Haghpat was founded in 976 and its oldest church was finished by 991. The main church of Sanahin dates from the middle of the tenth century, and both monasteries grew until the thirteenth. UNESCO placed them on the World Heritage List in 1996.2

The poet Hovhannes Tumanyan was born in the village of Dsegh in Lori in 1869. Vanadzor, which was called Gharakilisa in 1918, was the site of one of the three battles of May 1918 that stopped the Ottoman army.3

Map: Lori Province todayGegharkunikTavushShirakKotaykAragatsotnLoriVanadzor10 km
Lori 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. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. “Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin.” World Heritage List, no. 777. link. ↩
  3. “Heroic Battles in May 1918. The First Republic of Armenia, 1918–1920.” History Museum of Armenia. link. ↩