Zvartnots (Temple of Vigil Force)

Cathedral built in 661 by Catholicos Nerses III on the old road between Vagharshapat and Artashat cities, right where, according to tradition, King Tiridates met Gregory the Illuminator. The somptuous church, jewel of the early medieval architecture, was destroyed in the 10th century during an earthquake. The ruins of Zvartnots and the adjacent Patriarchal palace are preserved as an historic site near the present city of Echmiadzin.

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