Heritage · monastery intact
Tatev Monastery
Zangezur · Armenian heritage
· built 9th c. foundation; principal structures 895-906
Major medieval Armenian monastery on a rock outcrop above the Vorotan gorge in Syunik. Seat of the medieval University of Tatev (1390-1435) under the philosopher Gregory of Tatev. Centre of the Armenian scholastic tradition. On the UNESCO Tentative List. Reached by the world's longest reversible cable car ("Wings of Tatev") since 2010.
Major medieval Armenian monastery on a rock outcrop above the Vorotan gorge in Syunik. Seat of the medieval University of Tatev (1390-1435) under the philosopher Gregory of Tatev. Centre of the Armenian scholastic tradition. On the UNESCO Tentative List. Reached by the world's longest reversible cable car ("Wings of Tatev") since 2010.