Marmashen Monastery

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Marmashen Monastery is a 10th-century Armenian monastic complex consisting of five churches near the village of Marmashen in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The buildings at Marmashen are very similar in style to those of Khtzkonk Monastery. ()

Local name: Մարմաշենի վանք Completed: X centuryArchitectural style: Armenian architectureCoordinates: 40°50'34"N, 43°45'21"E

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Marmashen Monastery – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hovhannes Shiraz House-Museum, Gallery of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters, Statue of Avetik Isahakyan, Vartanants Square.

5.9 miSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Hovhannes Shiraz House-Museum, Gyumri
150 min walk • The Hovhannes Shiraz House-Museum was founded in 1983 in the Kumayri historic district of Gyumri, Armenia, and opened in 2003. The museum is devoted to the exhibition and preservation of the Armenian poet Hovhannes Shiraz's personal belongings, manuscripts and works.
5.9 miSE
Art museum, Art gallery, Museum
Gallery of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters, Gyumri
151 min walk • The Gallery of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan Sisters is a gallery in Armenia, exhibiting the complete collection of the painting, graphic, ceramic works of Mariam and Eranuhi Aslamazyan sisters. It holds the largest collection of the Aslamazyan sisters' paintings, prints, drawings, and ceramic works of any museum in the world.
5.9 miSE
Memorial
Statue of Avetik Isahakyan, Gyumri
152 min walk • Statue of Avetik Isahakyan is a monumental statue. It is situated in front of the Gyumri theater in Gyumri theater square in Shirak Province, Armenia.
6 miSE
Square
Vartanants Square, Gyumri
153 min walk • Vartanants Square or Vardanants Square, is the large central town square in Gyumri, Armenia. It is bordered by the Abovyan street from the west, Gai street from the north, Shahumyan street from the east and Vahan Cheraz street from the south.
6.3 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Dzitoghtsyan Museum of National Architecture, Gyumri
162 min walk • Officially Dzitoghtsyan House-Museum of Social Life and National Architecture, is a museum in the Kumayri historic district of Gyumri, Armenia. It was founded in 1984 in the Dzitoghtsyan family house, dating back to the 19th century.
5.9 miSE
Square
Independence Square, Gyumri
151 min walk • Independence Square is a large square at the centre of Gyumri city, Armenia. It is the second square of the city after the central Vartanants Square. The square is intersected by the streets of Khrimian Hayrik, Garegin Nzhdeh, Alex Manoogian, Sayat Nova Avenue and Tigranes the Great Avenue.
5.5 miSE
Historical place, Military base, Forts and castles
Black Fortress, Gyumri
141 min walk • Sev Berd or Black Fortress is an abandoned Russian imperial fortress in Gyumri, Shirak Province, Armenia. The fortress, which lies 8 kilometres from the Turkish border, was built in response to the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829.
6.3 miSE
Church
Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs, Gyumri
161 min walk • Cathedral of the Holy Martyrs, in Gyumri, Armenia, is the cathedral of the Ordinariate for Armenia, Georgia, Russia, and Eastern Europe of the Armenian Catholic Church.
5.6 miSE
Historical place, Monuments and statues, Memorial
Mother Armenia, Gyumri
143 min walk • The Mother Armenia monumental statue is a female personification of Armenia, located in the city of Gyumri. It resembles the monumental complex of Mother Armenia in the capital Yerevan. It was erected in 1975 on a hill west of Gyumri city. It was composed by sculptors Ara Sargsian, Gaspar Gasparyan and Yerem Vartanyan.
5.4 miSE
Square
Charles Aznavour Square, Gyumri
139 min walk • Charles Aznavour Square is a large square at the northern part of Gyumri city, Armenia. It is considered the 3rd square of the city after the Vardanants Square and the Independence Square. The square is intersected by the following streets: Vazgen Sargsyan street from the northwest. Missak Manouchian street from the northeast.
4 miE
Universities and schools
Shirak State University, Gyumri
103 min walk • Mikayel Nalbandian Shirak State University, is a public university in Gyumri, the capital of Shirak Province, Armenia, opened in 1934.