Vagharshapat

E193074
city populated place

Vagharshapat is a historic Armenian city that serves as the spiritual center of the Armenian Apostolic Church and is home to several of the country’s most important religious and cultural monuments.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Vagharshapat canonical 10
Echmiadzin uezd 3
Etchmiadzin 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
contains Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ⓘ
Saint Gayane Church ⓘ
St. Hripsime Church (Vagharshapat) ⓘ
surface form: Saint Hripsime Church

Shoghakat Church ⓘ
Zvartnots Cathedral archaeological site ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 40.1667 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 44.3000 ⓘ
country Armenia ⓘ
distanceToYerevan_km approximately 20 ⓘ
foundedBy King Vagharsh I (attributed) ⓘ
foundedInCentury 3rd century AD ⓘ
governedBy Vagharshapat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vagharshapat municipal authorities
hasAlternativeName Etchmiadzin Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Echmiatsin

Ejmiatsin ⓘ
Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ⓘ
surface form: Etchmiadzin
hasClimate continental climate ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance center of Armenian Christianity ⓘ
site of major Armenian religious monuments ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity religious tourism ⓘ
services ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Gevorkian Theological Seminary ⓘ
hasFeature historic city ⓘ
important cultural center ⓘ
major pilgrimage site ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site (core monuments) ⓘ
hasInstitution Armenian Church museum complexes ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus urban community ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Armenian ⓘ
hasPopulation tens of thousands ⓘ
hasPrimaryReligion Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
surface form: Armenian Apostolic Christianity
hasReligiousFunction seat of the Catholicos of All Armenians ⓘ
hasTransportConnection road links to Yerevan ⓘ
isAlsoKnownAs Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin ⓘ
surface form: Holy Etchmiadzin
isReligiousCenterOf Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
isSeatOf Catholicos of All Armenians ⓘ
isSpiritualCenterOf Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
locatedIn Armavir Province ⓘ
Western Armenia ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Armavir Province ⓘ
locatedNear Yerevan, Armenia ⓘ
surface form: Yerevan
nearbyAirport Zvartnots International Airport ⓘ
partOf Armenia ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Armenia
timeZone UTC+4 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Kingdom of Armenia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Armenia (ancient, for a period)

Referenced by (17)

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

Catholicos of All Armenians → locatedIn → Vagharshapat ⓘ
subject surface form: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Catholicos of All Armenians → residence → Vagharshapat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin
Mesrop Mashtots → deathPlace → Vagharshapat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vagharshapat, Armenia
Mesrop Mashtots → workLocation → Vagharshapat ⓘ
Etchmiadzin Cathedral → locatedIn → Vagharshapat ⓘ
Erivan uezd → borderedBy → Vagharshapat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Echmiadzin uezd
Novo-Bayazet uezd → borderedBy → Vagharshapat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Echmiadzin uezd
Zangezur uezd → borderedBy → Vagharshapat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Echmiadzin uezd
Tiridates III of Armenia → capitalDuringReign → Vagharshapat ⓘ
Tiridates III of Armenia → associatedPlace → Vagharshapat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Etchmiadzin
Supreme Spiritual Council of the Armenian Church → locatedIn → Vagharshapat ⓘ
Saint Hripsime → placeOfMartyrdom → Vagharshapat ⓘ
St. Hripsime Church (Vagharshapat) → locatedIn → Vagharshapat ⓘ
Garegin II → birthPlace → Vagharshapat ⓘ
Vagharshapat → governedBy → Vagharshapat self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vagharshapat municipal authorities
Christianization of Armenia → associatedWith → Vagharshapat ⓘ
Arsacid dynasty of Armenia → capital → Vagharshapat ⓘ