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Byurakan Destination Guide
Discover Byurakan in Armenia
Byurakan in the region of Aragatsotn with its 3,902 habitants is a town located in Armenia - some 17 mi or ( 27 km ) North-West of Yerevan , the country's capital .
Local time in Byurakan is now 08:27 PM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Yerevan " with a UTC offset of 4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tabriz, Erzurum, Doğubeyazıt, Grozny, and Cherkessk. When in this area, you might want to check out Tabriz . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Byurakan ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Autostopem do twierdzy Amberd u podnóży Aragacu
Hitchhiking to Amberd fortress at the foot of Aragats mountain in Armenia. ..
HIGH FEST International Performing arts festival
High Fest -- 400 participant and guests, 33 countries , 62 Theatre \ Dance companies, 17 venues .. around 100 performances during 9 days :drama, music, contemporary dance, puppetry, shadow and object ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Byurakan Observatory
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.
Located at 40.33 44.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Antarut
Antarut (Armenian: Անտառուտ; until 1949, Inaklu) is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town contains ancient khachkars.
Located at 40.35 44.27 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Orgov
Orgov is a town in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Orgov is home to large radio-astronomy telescopes and remains of a Bronze Age fort.
Located at 40.35 44.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Aghtsk
Aghtsk (Armenian: Աղձք, also Romanized as Aghts’k’, and Aghdzq; formerly, Akhs, Akis, Hakhs, and Dzorap - Armenian: Ծորափ) is a town on the slopes of Mount Aragats in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. The town contains the Arshakid Mausoleum, a large grave monument complex and basilica of the 4th to 5th centuries. King Shapur II of Persia exhumed the bones of the Armenian kings and took them to Persia symbolically taking Armenia's power.
Located at 40.32 44.25 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Parpi
Parpi is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. Within the village is a 5th century church. The 5th to 6th century Armenian chronicler and historian Ghazar Parpetsi was born at Parpi. He is most prominent for writing a history of Armenia, History of Armenia, sometime in the early sixth century. Parpi is known to have had a brief visit during October 1734 by Abraham Kretatsi during the time while he was serving the Catholicos Abraham II.
Located at 40.33 44.31 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
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