Byurakan Observatory, Byurakan

Name: Byurakan Observatory
Address: Byurakan, Armenia

#5 among attractions in Byurakan

Top attraction, Observatories and planetariums

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The Byurakan Astrophysical Observatory, or Byurakan Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Armenian Academy of Sciences. It is located on the slope of Mount Aragats in the village of Byurakan in Armenia. ()

Local name: Բյուրականի աստղադիտարան Coordinates: 40°19'49"N, 44°16'24"E

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Byurakan Armenia

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Byurakan Observatory – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Amberd, Vahramashen Church, Tegher Monastery, Karmravor Church.

4.7 miNW
Ruins, Historical place, Forts and castles
Amberd, Byurakan
121 min walk • Amberd is a 10th-century fortress located 2,300 meters above sea level, on the slopes of Mount Aragats at the confluence of the Arkashen and Amberd rivers in the province of Aragatsotn, Armenia. The name translates to "fortress in the clouds" in Armenian.
4.6 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Vahramashen Church, Byurakan
118 min walk • The Vahramashen Church, also commonly referred to as Vahramashen Surp Astvatsatsin or the Church of Amberd was built for Prince Vahram Pahlavuni of the Pahlavuni family.
2 miNW
Monastery
Tegher Monastery, Byurakan
53 min walk • Tegher Monastery is an early 13th-century Armenian monastery and church located on the southeastern slopes of Mount Aragats near the modern village of Tegher, and across the gorge from the village of Byurakan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
5.3 miSE
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Karmravor Church, Ashtarak
135 min walk • Karmravor, also known as the Church of Holy Mother of God is a 7th-century Armenian Apostolic church in the town of Ashtarak in the Aragatsotn Province.
5.3 miSE
Church, Ruins, Historical place
Tsiranavor Church, Ashtarak
135 min walk • Tsiranavor Church; literally meaning apricot-colored church is a 5th-century partly ruined Armenian church located at the edge of a gorge in the town of Ashtarak, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia.
5 miSE
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Saint Marianeh Church, Ashtarak
129 min walk • Saint Marianeh church, also known as Saint Marineh, is a medieval Armenian church located in the town of Ashtarak in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Nearby are the churches of Karmravor, Spitakavor, Tsiranavor, and Surp Sarkis. There is also a unique bridge of 1664 in the gorge nearby.
5.4 miSE
Church
Saint Mesrop Mashtots Cathedral
139 min walk • Saint Mesrop Mashtots Church is an Armenian Apostolic church in Oshakan that contains the grave of Mesrop Mashtots, the inventor of the Armenian alphabet. It is one of Armenia's better known churches and a pilgrimage site. Pilgrims visit the church on the Feast of the Holy Translators in October.
4.7 miE
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi, Ashtarak
121 min walk • Saint Sarkis Monastery is a large monastic complex, 45 by 54 metres just outside the village of Ushi in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It sits at the far side of what was once a settlement site from the 3rd - 1st millennia BC.
5.4 miE
Church
Surp Astvatsatsin Church of Karbi
139 min walk • The church of Surp Astvatsatsin is located just off of the main highway through the village of Karbi in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The basilica was completed between the years of 1691–1693, while the belfry was built earlier in 1338.
5.3 miSE
Church
Saint Gevork Monastery of Mughni, Ashtarak
135 min walk • Saint Gevork Monastery or Saint George's Monastery of Mughni is located just off of the main road that runs through the village of Mughni near Ashtarak in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.
4.7 miE
Forts and castles, Historical place, Ruins
Ushiberd, Ashtarak
121 min walk • Ushiberd is an Iron Age fortress located upon a hill just outside the village of Ushi in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It has almost completely collapsed except for portions of the walls that once surrounded the fortress, located around the edge of the hill before it descends.