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The Garni Gorge is situated 23.3 kilometres (14.5 mi) east of Yerevan, Armenia, just below the village of the same name. The Garni Gorge is protected by law and listed as a natural monument. [ 1 ] On a promontory above the gorge the first-century AD Temple of Garni may be seen.
Christopher Herwig is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker primarily known for his photographs of vernacular architecture, in particular Soviet bus stops. Herwig has spent 15 years travelling throughout the countries of the former USSR to document hundreds of sculptural bus stop shelters created by local artists and builders.
In 2015, Atlas Obscura raised its first round of major funding, securing $2 million from a range of investors and angels including The New York Times. [6] In September 2016, the company published its first book, Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders written by Foer, Thuras, and Ella Morton under Workman Publishing ...
In 1924, the Nansen arrangement was broadened to also include Armenian, and in 1928 to Assyrian, Assyro-Chaldean, Bulgarian and Turkish refugees. [5] Approximately 450,000 Nansen passports were provided [ 6 ] to stateless people and refugees who needed travel documents, but could not obtain one from a national authority.
Dadivank (Armenian: Դադիվանք) or Khutavank (Armenian: Խութավանք, lit. 'monastery on the hill' [1]) is an Armenian Apostolic [2] [3] monastery in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. It was built between the 9th and 13th centuries and is one of the main monastic complexes of medieval Armenia. [4]
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Turkic speakers called the village Uzunlar, formed by etymological reinterpretation of the Armenian name (uzun means 'tall' or 'long', and -lar is a plural-forming suffix). [2] The village was officially known by this latter name from the beginning of the 19th century until 1967, [ 3 ] when it was renamed Odzun .
Over 5,000 ancient and medieval Armenian coins; Over 3,000 textiles: AMA has one of the largest Armenian textile collections outside of Armenia. The trained textile curator, Susan Lind-Sinanian, has acted as a textile consultant to various institutions. The textiles are housed in climate-controlled space in the basement of the building.