Valarshapat

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Valarshapat is an ancient Armenian city, historically significant as a religious and cultural center and now known as Vagharshapat, home to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.

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Label Occurrences
Valarshapat canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
administrativeStatus urban community ⓘ
alternativeName Etchmiadzin ⓘ
Vagharshapat ⓘ
associatedWith Christianization of Armenia ⓘ
Saint Gregory the Illuminator ⓘ
capitalOf Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
contains Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin complex ⓘ
country Armenia ⓘ
culturalHeritage center of Armenian ecclesiastical architecture ⓘ
culturalSignificance major pilgrimage destination for Armenians ⓘ
distanceFromYerevan approximately 20 km west ⓘ
eraOfProminence ancient Armenia ⓘ
linked to: Historical Armenia

early Christian period ⓘ
foundedBy King Vagharsh I ⓘ
governingBody Vagharshapat Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Vagharshapat
hasHeritageSite Church of Saint Gayane ⓘ
linked to: Saint Gayane Church

Church of Saint Hripsime ⓘ
Church of Shoghakat ⓘ
linked to: Shoghakat Church

Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ⓘ
Zvartnots Cathedral ⓘ
hasInstitution Alex and Marie Manoogian Treasury House ⓘ
Gevorkian Theological Seminary ⓘ
Treasury Museum of Etchmiadzin ⓘ
historicalName Etchmiadzin ⓘ
Vagharshapat ⓘ
historicalRegion Ayrarat ⓘ
historicalRole cultural center of Armenia ⓘ
religious center of Armenia ⓘ
language Armenian ⓘ
locatedIn Armavir Province ⓘ
Western Armenia ⓘ
namedAfter King Vagharsh I ⓘ
near Yerevan ⓘ
linked to: Yerevan, Armenia
notableFor early Christian churches ⓘ
seat of the Armenian Catholicosate ⓘ
partOf Etchmiadzin and Zvartnots UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
presentDayName Vagharshapat ⓘ
region Armavir marz ⓘ
linked to: Armavir Province
religion Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
religiousSignificance spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
seatOf Catholicos of All Armenians ⓘ
significance one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Armenia ⓘ
timezone UTC+4 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus World Heritage Site location ⓘ

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Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gregory the Illuminator → birthPlace → Valarshapat ⓘ