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Place in Armavir, Armenia
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Armavir is a city in Central Armenia, past Echmiadzin.
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The looming bell tower overlooking the Turkish border marks the spot where a ragtag army of hungry, poorly armed Armenian refugees won a decisive victory over a Turkish invasion in 1918, saving Armenia. The large ethnographic museum to the side offers an interesting look back at the way Armenians used to live from ancient to modern times.
This seldom-visited site has the excavations from an ancient Armenian city and many of the artifacts are displayed in a museum on site.
You can see some of the ruins and excavations of this ancient Armenian capital.
Site of excavations of the ancient city of Yervandashat.
Vans (called marshutni) depart from Yerevan to Armavir regularly throughout the day. Taxis in Yerevan are usually happy to take you there for 100 dram per km.
Read in the guideArmavir is not a very big town, and is very flat. Walking is an option, or a taxi.
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