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Vagharshapat is the fifth largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about 18 km west of the capital Yerevan, and 10 km north of the Turkish-Armenia
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Etchmiadzin Cathedral
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Etchmiadzin Cathedral is the mother church of the Armenian Apostolic Church, located in the city dually known as Etchmiadzin and Vagharshapat, Armenia. Constructed at the turn of the fourth century, i
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…1945 and 1995. It is still commonly used colloquially and in official bureaucracy, a case of dual naming. The city is best known as the location of Etchmiadzin Cathedral and the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is thus unofficially known in Western sources as a "holy city…
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An aerial view of the cathedral and the Mother See complex surrounding it from a plane
A closer aerial view
An engraving of Etchmiadzin in the late 17th century by Jean Chardin (from 1811 edition)․