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  • Gandzasar monastery
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  • Gandzasar monastery (Armenian: Գանձասարի վանք) is a 13th century Armenian monastery situated in the Mardakert region of Nagorno-Karabakh, near the village of Vank. "Gandzasar" means treasure mountain or hilltop treasure in Armenian. The monastery holds relics believed to belong to St Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. Gandzasar was the residence of an Armenian catholicos from about 1400 to 1816, and is now the seat of the Archbishop of Artsakh.
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map size
  • 275
Status
  • Functioning
year started
  • 1216
Building Name
  • Gandzasar
  • Գանձասար
architecture type
year completed
  • 1238
architecture style
Latitude
  • 40.056839
Website
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  • Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Longitude
  • 46.531233
consecration year
  • 1240-07-20
RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION
Location
  • Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  • near the village of Vank, Martakert province,
abstract
  • Gandzasar monastery (Armenian: Գանձասարի վանք) is a 13th century Armenian monastery situated in the Mardakert region of Nagorno-Karabakh, near the village of Vank. "Gandzasar" means treasure mountain or hilltop treasure in Armenian. The monastery holds relics believed to belong to St Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. Gandzasar was the residence of an Armenian catholicos from about 1400 to 1816, and is now the seat of the Archbishop of Artsakh.