Saint Vartan Armenian Cathedral - the places I have been

Nestled within the heart of New York City is a church that looks better fitted for the verdant mountainsides of Armenia than the concrete jungle. Even at 120 feet high, it’s still dwarfed by some of Manhattan’s iconic skyscrapers.

Step into the courtyard and head inside, and you’ll feel as though you’ve left the city behind and entered a different world. The cathedral looks like it could be a 1,000-year-old church in some quaint Armenian village. In reality, it’s just 20th-century replica of Armenia’s Saint Hripsime Church, which was built in 681 AD.

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3.92km

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New York Crime: A Tour of the City’s Most Infamous Scandals

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2020

5.69km

Love Lane

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2020

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2018

3.79km

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2021

4.19km

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2019

1.82km

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1.74km

New York – the Capital of Fame

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2019

4.02km

Indian Rhinoceros Diorama

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2017

6.62km

Cathedral Peacock Hutch

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2.07km

Urbirun New York – East River iconic Bridges

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2018

3.67km

Daredevil Tattoo Museum

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2017

1.76km

The Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel

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2019

3.09km

Dvořák Room

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2020

2.41km

Electric Lady Studios

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2019

4.17km

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2013

1.53km

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2017

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4.2km

Lower Manhattan Landmarks

2020

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Sakagura

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2017

2.58km

7000 Oaks

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2019

4.02km

Hall of North American Mammals

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2020

2.72km

Marie’s Crisis

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2017

3.51km

The Marriage of Money and Real Estate

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2017

1.73km

Broadway’s Annual Street Sale

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2021

6.63km

Remains of the Morris Canal

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2018

1.26km

Patent Pending

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2013

5.17km

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2013

5.91km

New York City on the water

2018

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The Cartoon Wall at Overlook

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2.68km

How Dutch is New York? – The Stuyvesant Tour

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New York

2018

1.15km

The Fanciest Public Bathroom in New York City

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7.43km

ZERZOUR Zachariah

2017

2.2km

The Museum of Interesting Things

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2017

2.94km

Kingsland Wildflowers

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2019

4.02km

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2019

4.02km

Komodo Dragon Diorama

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2017

4.7km

Where The Wild Things Heal

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2019

3.6km

Ear Inn

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2018

2.47km

Nathan Hale Hanging Site

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2018

3.63km

This Lavish Room Is a Rare Relic of New York’s Gilded Age

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2019

4.02km

Scavenger Taxidermy Diorama

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2019

5.98km

Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument

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2019

1.75km

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2.36km

Weiss Research Building

7.34km

28th Precinct NYC Police Department

1.29km

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2019

3.92km

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2017

2.24km

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2017

7.83km

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3.99km

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2017

5.01km

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2017

5.75km

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2019

4.02km

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2017

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Mercury Theatre Plaque

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2017

6.76km

The ‘Seinfeld’ Diner

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1.65km

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Murry Bergtraum High School for Business Careers

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The Graybar Rats Near Grand Central Terminal

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Times Square

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2.08km

A Vintage New York City Subway Map, Hidden in Plain Sight

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2017

5.49km

Remnants of Colonial New York Preserved Under a Glass Sidewalk

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City Reliquary

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2017

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Museum of the Dog

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Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant’s Pioneering Photographs of New York City’s 1970s and 80s Graffiti Scene

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Poster House Museum

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4.42km

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2019

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Catacombs of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral

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4.92km

Survivor Tree

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Gem Spa

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NEW YORK CITY Midtown

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Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain

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Joanne Hendricks Cookbooks

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Statue of Liberty’s Original Torch

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2.55km

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4.02km

Libyan Desert Diorama

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4.76km

Matryoshka at Wall Street Bath & Spa 88

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A Walking Guide to Soho, NYC

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