Noratus Cemetery

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Noratus Cemetery is a historic Armenian burial ground renowned for its vast field of medieval khachkars (carved stone crosses), making it one of the largest and most significant collections of its kind in the world.

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Noratus Cemetery canonical 3

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
cultural heritage site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
administrativeDivision Gavar Municipality ⓘ
artForm khachkar carving ⓘ
climate continental climate zone of Lake Sevan basin ⓘ
country Armenia ⓘ
hasDepiction cross motifs ⓘ
floral motifs ⓘ
geometric patterns ⓘ
religious symbols ⓘ
scenes of daily life ⓘ
hasEarliestGravesFrom 10th century ⓘ
hasFeature chapel ruins ⓘ
densely arranged khachkars ⓘ
epitaph inscriptions ⓘ
family burial plots ⓘ
ornamented cross-stones ⓘ
relief carvings of everyday life ⓘ
stone tombstones ⓘ
hasHeritage Armenian ⓘ
hasKhachkarsFrom 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
heritageStatus important Armenian medieval monument ⓘ
knownFor large field of carved stone crosses ⓘ
medieval khachkars ⓘ
one of the largest collections of khachkars in the world ⓘ
locatedIn Gegharkunik Province ⓘ
Noratus ⓘ
locatedNear Lake Sevan ⓘ
material tuff stone ⓘ
nearbySettlement village of Noratus ⓘ
region South Caucasus ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
significance important site for study of Armenian epigraphy ⓘ
major center of khachkar art ⓘ
pilgrimage destination ⓘ
style medieval Armenian ⓘ
tourism popular tourist attraction in Gegharkunik Province ⓘ
usedFor burial ⓘ
commemoration of the dead ⓘ

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Lake Sevan → hasLandmark → Noratus Cemetery ⓘ
Gegharkunik Province → contains → Noratus Cemetery ⓘ
Sevan → hasNearbyAttraction → Noratus Cemetery ⓘ