The medieval monasteries and churches of Armenia — Tatev, Noravank, Khor Virap, Haghpat, Sanahin, Haghartsin and others — plus an Armenian church in Tbilisi.
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Set in a forested valley in the mountains of northern Armenia, Haghartsin gathers several medieval churches, a refectory and carved cross-stones on a single terrace. Restored in recent years, it is among the most atmospheric monastic sites in the country.
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Founded in the tenth century on the Lori plateau, Haghpat grew into a monastery, a school and a scriptorium. Its churches, vaulted porches, bell tower and carved cross-stones are inscribed on the World Heritage List alongside its neighbour, Sanahin.
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Built at the lip of a ravine in the province of Shirak, Harichavank pairs a small early church with a larger medieval one. Its carved drums, blind arcades and cross-stones show the continuity of Armenian building across many centuries on a single site.
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Hovhannavank stands at the very edge of the Kasagh gorge, north-west of Yerevan. Its medieval church, preceded by a vaulted porch-hall, is known for the sculpted tympanum above its inner doorway and for a position that leaves the canyon falling away beneath its walls.
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Standing on a low hill in the Ararat plain, Khor Virap faces the snow cap of Mount Ararat across a closed frontier. Beneath the church, a deep pit is venerated as the place where Gregory the Illuminator was held before the conversion of Armenia to Christianity.
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Set on a green terrace beside the Akhurian river, in the province of Shirak, Marmashen brings together several medieval churches of warm reddish stone. Their tall proportions, conical roofs and blind arcading make the site one of the most harmonious in northern Armenia.
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At the end of a gorge of red cliffs in southern Armenia, Noravank is celebrated for its two-storey church of the Holy Mother of God, reached by two flights of narrow steps projecting from the facade, and for the sculpted tympana attributed to the master Momik.
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Standing on the rim of the Kasagh gorge, Saghmosavank is a tightly grouped medieval complex: a church, a vaulted porch-hall and an annexe built to hold manuscripts. Its name refers to the psalms, and its silhouette is among the most photographed in Armenia.
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Built in the seventh century at Vagharshapat, beside the mother see of the Armenian Church, Saint Gayane is a domed basilica of striking clarity. It stands over the tomb of the abbess Gayane and is inscribed on the World Heritage List with the churches of Echmiadzin.
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Founded in the tenth century above the Debed gorge, Sanahin was a monastery, a school and a scriptorium. Its churches, porch-halls, library and covered gallery form a dense stone ensemble inscribed on the World Heritage List with nearby Haghpat.
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Perched on a basalt promontory above the Vorotan gorge, in southern Armenia, Tatev was a fortified monastery and one of the great universities of the medieval Armenian world. It is now reached by a cable car that crosses the canyon in a single span.
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Standing alone on a bare plateau in the province of Shirak, Yereruyk is the ruin of an early Christian basilica raised on a stepped platform. Its colonnades, carved doorways and open arcades make it one of the oldest and most singular monuments in Armenia.
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An Armenian Apostolic church in the Georgian capital, Karmir Avetaran belongs to a community that has shaped Tbilisi for generations. Its architecture and liturgy set it apart within a predominantly Orthodox city.
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