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City in Gegharkunik, Armenia
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Gavar (Գավառ) is a town of 18,000 (2022) in Armenia's Lake Sevan Region on the shores of Gavaraget river. This article also includes nearby Noratus.
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Small fortification at the edge of town.
A rarely visited monastery overlooking Lake Sevan. It's a 9th- to 12th-century complex with church, chapel and "gavit" or entrance hall, surrounded by many "khachkars" - elaborately carved gravestones. Nearby are remains of a Bronze Age settlement.
20 km south of Sevan, near Gavar, is Noratus village, with the largest khachkar cemetery in the world. Elaborate carvings describe the lives and often gruesome deaths of those buried here. With a small burial chapel. Another 500 m south is the tiny church of Daputs Vank.
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Gavar is about 35 minutes south of Sevan via routes M10 and H39, and 98 km east of Yerevan.
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