Surp Hovhannes Church, Byurakan

Name: Surp Hovhannes Church
Address: Byurakan, Armenia

#7 among attractions in Byurakan

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Surp Hovhannes Church is an important 10th century basilica located in the village of Byurakan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Not very far away from S. Hovhannes in the same village, are the ruins of the Artavazik Church of the 7th century with a huge 13th-century khachkar monument directly across the ravine from the structure. ()

Local name: Սուրբ Հովհաննես եկեղեցի Completed: X centuryArchitectural style: Armenian architectureCoordinates: 40°20'24"N, 44°16'13"E

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Surp Hovhannes Church – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

4.1 miNW
Ruins, Historical place, Forts and castles
Amberd, Byurakan
104 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 miNW
Sacred and religious sites, Church
Vahramashen Church, Byurakan
102 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.
1.6 miW
Monastery
Tegher Monastery, Byurakan
42 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.
5.7 miSE
Church, Ruins, Historical place
Tsiranavor Church, Ashtarak
147 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.
5.5 miSE
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Saint Marianeh Church, Ashtarak
140 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.
4.8 miE
Church, Historical place, Sacred and religious sites
Saint Sarkis Monastery of Ushi, Ashtarak
122 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.
0.7 miS
Observatories and planetariums
Byurakan Observatory, Byurakan
18 min walk • 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.
5.6 miE
Church
Surp Astvatsatsin Church of Karbi
144 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.
5.7 miSE
Church
Saint Gevork Monastery of Mughni, Ashtarak
147 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.
4.8 miE
Forts and castles, Historical place, Ruins
Ushiberd, Ashtarak
122 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.
~0 ftN
Monastery
Artavazik Church, Byurakan
1 min walk • Artavazik Church of the 7th century is located in a stone field one kilometer northeast just a little outside the village of Byurakan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.