• The bronze-age megalithic fort near the village points to the notion that Noratus is one of the most ancient continuously inhabited settlements in Armenia.
  • Noratus is most famous for this cemetery, the oldest part of which includes over 800 khachkars (stone crosses), carved between the 9th-17th centuries.
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  • The Noratus Cemetery is a unique and important historical site, as it contains hundreds of intricately carved khachkars, some dating back to the 9th century.
  • It is the monument with complicated sculpted patterns, clusters of grapes, solar disk and a cross. The oldest khachkar in Noratus was built in the 5th century.
  • One of the khachkars from the Noratus Cemetery was donated to the British Museum in 1978 by the Catholicos of All Armenians Vazgen I.
  • Noratus in the region of Gegharkʼunikʼ with its 5,426 habitants is a town located in Armenia - some 37 mi or ( 60 km ) East of Yerevan , the country's capital .
  • Noratus, truly considered to be a forest of khachkars and an open-air museum, displays hundreds of khachkars, the most stunning of which are the...
  • NORATUS. Noratus village is located in Gegharkunik region, on the right bank of the Gavaraget River, 5 km to the North-East of Gavar city.
  • Noratus local information and maps. Noratus is a populated place in Gegharkʼunikʼ, Armenia, Asia. Noratus is also known as Noraduz, Noratus, Норадуз.