Noravank
Sign in to saveNoravank (, ) is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu River, near the town of Yeghegnadzor in 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 Surb 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.
Key facts
- Religious building.building_name
- Noravank
- Religious building.native_name
- Նորավանք
- Religious building.image
- Noravank.JPG
- Religious building.caption
- Surb Astvatsatsin and Surb Karapet Churches with Surb Grigor's Chapel to the right, Noravank
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- Armenia#Vayots Dzor
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- yes
- Religious building.map_size
- 250
- Religious building.location
- Amaghu Valley, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia
- Religious building.religious_affiliation
- Armenian Apostolic Church
- Religious building.architecture
- yes
- Religious building.architecture_style
- Armenian
- Religious building.groundbreaking
- 1205
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11 sectionsContents
- History
- Noravank Complex
- Surb Astvatsatsin Church
- Surb Karapet Church
- Surb Grigor Chapel
- Khachkars
- Nature
- Gallery
- References
- Additional sources
- External links
Noravank (, ) is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu River, near the town of Yeghegnadzor in 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 Surb 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.