Tsakhatsqar Monastery

Local nameՑախացքարի Ս. Կարապետ
Location

Tsaghats Kar Monastery is an Armenian monastery located along the mountain foothills overlooking the Yeghegis River, between the villages of Yeghegis and Horbategh in the Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia. The monastery is located within walking distance of the fortress of Smbataberd.

The church was built in the 10th century during the Bagratid kingdom. There is historical information about the construction of the church in the work of the historian Asoghik. Tsaghats kar was a medieval educational institution, they studied painting there, and there is a hypothesis that the choice of the name has something to do with the name of the flowered stone.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsaghats_Kar_Monastery

Official Website http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Tsakhats_Kar_Monastery

Address Armenia

Coordinates 39°53'24.936" N 45°21'14.427" E

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