Bgheno-Noravank

Bgheno-Noravank Monastery (Armenian: Բղենո-Նորավանք; not to be confused with Noravank Monastery in the Vayots Dzor Province) is an 11th-century Armenian monastery in the Syunik Marz of Armenia. It now consists of a small church dating to 1062, located on a little wooded promontory, and ornately decorated with borders and biblical reliefs. The ruins of this church were rediscovered in the 1920s by Axel Bakunts, a well-known prose writer, during one of his wanderings as an agronomist.[1]

Bgheno-Noravank Monastery
Բղենո-Նորավանք
Religion
AffiliationArmenian Apostolic Church
Location
Locationabout 6km SE of Shinuhayr, Syunik Province,  Armenia
Shown within Armenia
Geographic coordinates39.388155°N 46.360081°E / 39.388155; 46.360081
Architecture
StyleArmenian
Completed1062

References

  1. Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 100; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.

Bibliography

  • Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 100; original archived at Archive.org, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
  • Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenia: Matit Graphic Design Studio
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