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The hills surrounding Khor Virap Monastery used to contain the important, early Armenian capital of ancient Artashat or "Artaxiasata." This city was built by Artaxias I (r. c. 200 - c. 160 BCE) — the founder of the Artaxiad dynasty — in c. 176 BCE.
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