View on the lintel of the main entrance door of the Noravank, "New Monastery" 13th-century Armenian monastery.
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5127 x 3412 px | 43.4 x 28.9 cm | 17.1 x 11.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Noravank, ArmeniëMore information:
Noravank, meaning "New Monastery" in Armenian is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu river, near the city of Yeghegnadzor, Armenia. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs, directly across from the monastery. The monastery is best known for its two-storey Surp Astvatsatsin Holy Mother of God church, which grants access to the second floor by way of a narrow stone-made staircase jutting out from the face of building. The monastery is sometimes called Noravank at Amaghu, with Amaghu being the name of a small and nowadays abandoned village above the canyon, in order to distinguish it from Bgheno-Noravank, near Goris. In the 13th–14th centuries the monastery became a residence of Syunik's bishops and, consequently. a major religious and, later, cultural center of Armenia closely connected with many of the local seats of learning, especially with Gladzor's famed university and library.