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Temple of Garni

Temple of Garni

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Location: Ararat, Armenia

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1. Symphony of Stones – Symphony of Stones loop from Garni

5.97km

01:50

200m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Symphony of Stones – Symphony of Stones loop from Garni

9.03km

03:11

430m

Expert hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required.

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3. View of Azat Canyon – Temple of Garni loop from Garni

1.36km

00:27

60m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Olaf

July 25, 2022

The Hellenistic temple dates from the 1st century AD and stands as if on a pedestal high above the Azat Canyon. Also worth seeing are the excavations of the Roman baths.

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Andi

September 19, 2023

The first traces of human settlement date back to the third millennium BC and are grouped around an easily defended loop of the Azat. In the 8th century BC, the Urartian king Argisti I conquered the area. The first written mention of a fortress towering over Garni comes from the Roman historian Tacitus in the middle of the first century BC. The remains were first excavated in 1909–1910, which Soviet archaeologists continued in 1949. The excavation revealed that the fortress in question was built much earlier as a summer residence for the Armenian royal families of the Orontids and Artaxids, probably in the 3rd century BC. The fortress of Garni (Latin Gorneas) was the last refuge of Mithridates, where he and his family were murdered by his stepson and nephew Rhadamistos. Several buildings could be identified within the fortified area, for example the two-story summer palace, a bath complex, a church from 897 AD, a cemetery and the most famous and best-preserved building, a Graeco-Roman temple of Ionic composition.

Source: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempel_von_Garni

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Elevation 1,410 m

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Location: Ararat, Armenia

Temple of Garni

1. Symphony of Stones – Symphony of Stones loop from Garni

2. Symphony of Stones – Symphony of Stones loop from Garni

3. View of Azat Canyon – Temple of Garni loop from Garni

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