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Zvartnots Cathedral
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Zvartnots Cathedral

Ruins · Armenia

Abandoned
unknown
Founded
601
Population
—
Coordinates
40.160, 44.337
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Why it was abandoned

🏛️ Ancient ruins

Detected automatically from the text: древний собор (ныне руины) в Армении

History

Zvartnots Cathedral is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin), Armenia. Built in the seventh century and now lying in ruins, Zvartnots was noted for its circular exterior structure, unique in medieval Armenian architecture, and a set of interior piers that upheld a multifloor structure crowned with a dome.

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