Heritage · monastery intact
Noravank Monastery
Surb Astvatsatsin Noravank ("New Monastery").
Armenia · Armenian heritage
· built 1105-1339
Medieval Armenian monastery in a red-rock canyon in Vayots Dzor, southeastern Armenia. The two-storey Surb Astvatsatsin (1339) by the architect-sculptor Momik is unique in Armenian architecture in its sculpted external staircases and figural carvings. UNESCO Tentative List.
Medieval Armenian monastery in a red-rock canyon in Vayots Dzor, southeastern Armenia. The two-storey Surb Astvatsatsin (1339) by the architect-sculptor Momik is unique in Armenian architecture in its sculpted external staircases and figural carvings. UNESCO Tentative List.