Mount Aragats
The extinct Aragats volcano is the highest mountain on the territory of modern Armenia and Transcaucasia . Mount Aragats itself is a majestic natural monument with four tops and a lake in the middle. Read more...
Byurokan
Just 10 km from Ashtarak on Mount Aragats slope there is a big settlement of Byurokan which is considered the cradle of Armenian astronomy. Read more...
Amberd Fortress
The southern slope of Mount Aragats hosts the medieval Amberd Fortress (10 th – 13 th centuries) – the patrimony of Pakhlavuni princes and one of the few surviving castles in the country. Read more...
St. Mesrop Church in Oshakan
Located 6 km from Ashtarak on the right bank of the Kasagh is the village of Oshakan – the tomb of St. Mesrop, the national hero and educator of Armenia, the creator of the national alphabet who was buried there in 440. Read more...
Sagmosavank Monastery
Sagmosavank Monatery was founded in 1215 when the prince Vache Vachyutian ordered to erect there the temple of Surb Zion (Holy Zion). Later the temple acquired extensions from the western and southern sides – the vestibule (1250), the book-depository (1255), the church of St. Astvatsatsin (1235). All the structures are included into the monastic complex of Sagmosavank. Read more...
Ovanavank
In the early 4 th not far from the village of Karbi St. Gregory the Illuminator founded a little church which was the basis of Ovanavank monastery. In its present condition Ovanavank monastery is represented by buildings of the 12 th – 13 th centuries. The complex appeared in 1216 when the prince Vache Vachyutian founded Surb Karapet church (1216-1221). The monastery was built on the caves and is connected to the gorge by means of the staircase. Read more...
Karmravor Church
The most well-known monument of Ashtarak is the survived Karmravor church. It was built in the seventh century . Read more...
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