| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
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Vanadzor is an industrial city built to a Soviet plan.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
|
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City Hall in Hayk Square is the centre of the city.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
|
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Street scene in the city centre.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
|
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Cafe in the city centre.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
|
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Workers in a cafe.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
|
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Gas powered Russian bus.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
District : Market
|
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People selling home grown vegetables in the market.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
District : Market
|
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Man making lavash, a large thin bread popular in Armenia.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
District : Market
|
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Woman with a stack of freshly baked lavash bread.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
District : Market
|
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Three women from a bakery.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
District : Market
|
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Woman selling loaves of bread.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
District : Market
|
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Two men selling tomatoes.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
|
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Road near the old railway station.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
|
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Russian church.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Vanadzor
|
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Man at the bus station.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Debed Canyon is 70km long.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Dense forest on the canyon walls.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Dramatic landscape.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Caves in the canyon walls.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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The Debed River flows through the canyon.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Sheer cliff face.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Spectacular canyon scenery.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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The canyon is famous for its monasteries.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Ruined monastery on the canyon ridge.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Jagged ridge.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Rocky pinacles.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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The sheer sides.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Isolated house.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Ruined building on the ridge of the canyon.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Scenery near Odzun.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Taxi driver.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
City / Town : Alaverdi
|
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Craggy peaks over Alaverdi, the largest town in the canyon.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
City / Town : Alaverdi
|
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Parts of the town are on a ridge.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
City / Town : Alaverdi
|
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Small houses and Soviet apartment blocks.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Sanahin Monastery dates from the 11th century.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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The oldest buildings date from 928.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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The entrance to several chapels.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Khatchkhars are distinctive ellaborately carved Armenian headstones often with cross motifs.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Detail of the carving on the khatchkhar.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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External carvings of different colours.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Interior of the church.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Floor made from gravestones.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Detail of a floor made of tombstones.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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The altar area.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Carved pillar in the main church.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Small chapel where dead bodies are interred before burial.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Carved crosses.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Ancient cemetary.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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The main church is covered with moss.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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One of the smaller churches.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Delicate crosses carved on the wall of a church.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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Elaborate carving on the outside wall.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Sanahin Monastery
|
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The latest structures date from 1211.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Museum dedicated to the Mikoyan brothers who designed the Soviet MiG jet fighter.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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View from the village of Sanahin.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Bare rocky outcrops near the rim of the canyon.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Craggy views from above the canyon.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Jagged peaks.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Autumn colours.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Tree-lined ridge.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Settlement above the canyon.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Haghpat Monastery at the top of a ridge above a village.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Haghpat Monastery under a cloudy ridge above the canyon.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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The main monastery buildings.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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The monastery was founded in 976.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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The belltower has Persian influence.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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External cross on the belltower.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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The monastery overlooks the canyon.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Tombstones.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Moss covered buildings.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Wooden carved door with bird and geometric patterns.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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The interior of the main church.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Khatchkhars are stone carved headstones.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Carved interior walls.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Detail of a khatchkhar.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Group of monastery buildings.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Group of school children with their teacher.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Three girls, part of a visiting school group.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Young girl.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Young boy.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Two young girls posing for a photo.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
Site / Event : Haghpat Monastery
|
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Two girls relaxing.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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View of the canyon from Haghpat.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Isolated settlement on the slopes of the canyon.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
Region : Debed Canyon
|
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Ruins perched on a hill, a typical sight in Debed Canyon.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
|
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Yerevan is the capital of Armenia and is overlooked by Mount Ararat.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Cascade
|
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The Cascade commemorates the 50th anniversary of Soviet Armenia.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Cascade
|
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The garden is lined with bronze statues.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Cascade
|
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Fountains at the foot of the structure.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Cascade
|
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The Cafesjian Museum of glass.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Cascade
|
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Fountains and gardens.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Cascade
|
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View of the city from the top of the Cascade.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Cascade
|
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The 5165m high Mount Ararat.
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2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Cascade
|
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Lesser Ararat, 3896m.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
|
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The interior of the main post office.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
|
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Two women in the square outside the Opera House.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Matenadaran
|
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The Matenadaran is the country's manuscripts library and was built in 1959.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Matenadaran
|
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Mesrop Mashtots teaching his newly invented Armenian alphabet to a pupil.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Matenadaran
|
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The Gospel of Echmiadzin which dates from 989.
|
2011 |
| Armenia |
City / Town : Yerevan
Site / Event : Matenadaran
|
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Illuminated Palatine Bible from 1336.
|
2011 |
were added from 1 February 2025.