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ABOUT LORI

Lori offers 3045 cultural and architectural treasures that come from centuries. A large number of church complexes date back from the 6th to the 12th-13th centuries. Among the oldest monasteries are Tormakavank and the church of Odzun functioning to this day. One of the three UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Armenia, Sanahin-Haghpat, separate complexes dating back to the 12th-13th centuries, is located in Lori.

Lori experiences please tourists of diverse tastes. The favorable weather and gorgeous natural landscape make it the perfect place for hiking and taking magazine cover photos. It’s a great way to wrap up the day with a glass of honey wine or Lori herbs tea in the comfort of your hotel room. You are welcome any time of the year.

UNESCO World Heritage

Haghpat Monastery is a medieval monastery complex in Haghpat, built between the 10th and 13th century. Described as a “masterpiece of religous architecture and a major center of learning in the Middle Ages”, Haghpat monastery was placed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in 1996. The largest church in the complex, the Cathedral of Surb Nshan, probably begun in 976, was completed in 991 by king Smbat.

Carrying outstanding universal value to humanity, the Monastery of Sanahin was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1999. The monastery represents an entire complex, which comprises the Church of Saint Astvatsatsin, the Church of All-Savior, the Chapel of Grigor, scriptorium, academy, the gavit of Saint Astvatsatsin Church, the gavit of All-Savior Church, the belfry, the sepulcher of Kyurikyans, the sepulcher of Zakaryans, the sepulcher of Arghutyan-Erkaynabazuks (Long-Armed), the Church of Saint Hakob, the spring and the refectory.

Museums

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Aghtala
Alaverdi
Debet
Dsegh
Vanadzor
Spitak
Stepanavan

Museum of Fine Arts

Vanadzor city, 52 Tigran Mets Avenue

The Museum of Fine Arts was established in 1974 as a branch of the National Gallery. Having received independent status in 1979, it was transferred to municipal subordination.
About 1800 museum objects are displayed in the museum representing Armenian fine arts.

Stepan Zoryan, a prominent Armenian novelist of the 20th century, lived there from 1964-1967. 1962-64 In 1983, the built private house was approved as a house-museum by the Ministry of Culture of the USSR. The museum has 7 halls, two used as offices and one as a bedroom. The museum has about 2000 thousand. unit stock exhibits.

S. Zoryan House Museum

Vanadzor city, 24 Stepan Zoryan street

Vanadzor National Center of Aesthetics

city Vanadzor, Myasnikyan 19a

The branch was opened in 1984, with the efforts of the general director of the National Center of Aesthetics, Henrik Igityan, and the children’s exhibition hall is constantly in operation, where exhibitions of works and open classes are regularly organized.

The summer house of Tairov was built in 1895 and was the summer house of Vasil Tairov, a wealthy Armenian winemaker. In 1999, with the efforts of Archbishop Sepuh Chuljian, leader of the Gugarats Diocese, Tairov’s country house was thoroughly repaired and rebuilt as the rectory of the Gugarats Diocese.

Thairov summer house

city Vanadzor, Zakaryan 31

Lori-Pambak Geological Museum

Vanadzor city, Karen Demirchyan 23/1

It was founded in 1938 by archaeologist Yeghia Momjian. There are 34,000 samples in the museum dating back to the 4th BC millennium to the present day. In 1988 the museum lost its building due to the earthquake. The museum’s valuable collection was saved from the destroyed building.

On May 24, 1934, by the decision of the Executive Committee of the Stepanavan District Council, the house of S. Shahomyan’s father-in-law was turned into a house-museum of S. Shahomyan. In 1899, Shahumyan founded the first Marxist group in Armenia in Vanadzor. The museum has 586 exhibited pieces, and 1515 exhibits are available in the funds.

Museum after Stepan Shahumyan

Stepanavan city, Garegin Nzhdeh 2

H. Toumanyan House Museum

Dsegh community, 1st street, 10th house

The museum operates in the father’s house of the Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan. The house museum was created in 1939. In 1994, Tumanyan’s heart was buried in the courtyard of the museum. The belongings of the father’s house, personal belongings, and documents related to life and activities are kept. This museum is perhaps one of the most visited in Lori region.

The museum was founded in 1982. On the opening day of the museum, the two most influential exhibits were brought to the museum from Moscow: the MIG plane and Artem Mikoyan’s official car. There are exhibits, and photographs of the father’s house.

Museum after Brothers Mikoyan

Alaverdi city, Sanahin district, 34 stree

Toumanyan Matchebox Museum

city Tumanyan, 2nd street, 6

The museum was established with the support of the “Development of Innovative Tourism and Technologies for Armenia” program of the EU4Bussines. Matches used to be a means of spreading information. there are matches related to traffic, and hygiene rules, which have arrived here from different countries

It was founded in 1987. The gallery is a branch of the National Gallery of Armenia.

Alaverdi branch of National Gallery

Alaverdi city, Kakhoyan 7