Selim Caravanserai
Селимский караван-сарай · Սելիմի քարավանատուն
Selim Caravanserai is a caravanserai (a roadside inn for traveling merchants and their pack animals) built in 1332 by prince Chesar Orbelian on the southern side of the Vardenyats Mountain Pass, at 2,347 meters. It served people and animals crossing into or out of the Vayots Dzor region.
The structure is a single building split into three sections, built from basalt blocks. It was restored between 1956 and 1959.
It stands as the best-preserved caravanserai in Armenia.
The site sits in the Gegharkunik region, in the Martunu district, on the Vardenyats Mountain Pass. It is roughly 67 km east-southeast of Yerevan in a straight line.
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Facts
- Address
- 11 Yerevanyan Hwy, Մարտունու տարածաշրջան, Gegharkunik
- From Yerevan
- ~67 km east-southeast
- Elevation
- 2347 m
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