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  • Mike J
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    Interesting Gravestones

    We were taken to visit this monastic ruin on a trip out from Vayk and recommend it especially if you are visiting (as we did) the old Jewish cemetery nearby. There are many old gravestones scattered a...

    Reviewed on Nov 11, 2018
  • robertdU694HF
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    Interesting ruins of a monastery complex.

    This was an interesting monastery ruin, with beautiful etchings in ancient Armenian, as well as abundant xachkars. If you’ve checked out the ancient Jewish cemetary in Yeghis, and the village ruins i...

    Reviewed on Mar 19, 2018
  • roelgrol
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    Tourist low - bee hive

    The ruins of this monastery are located in a small agricultural village. No other tourists at all here today, hence the perfect day for visiting the 13th century chapels, covered in grass and flowers....

    Reviewed on Aug 1, 2017
  • PPCI-BG
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    in ruin, but with beautiful skulpted stones

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    When you pass from Yeghegis you can worth a few kilometres and push to Arates to see the monastery. Now it's in ruin, but it has its charm for this and there ...

    Reviewed on Mar 5, 2019
  • Marco T
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    Very good. It could be kept better

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    There are ruins that have more charm of buildings in good condition or reconstruction. This is certainly the case of the Arates village monastery, not far away from the other churches of the vall ...

    Reviewed on Aug 14, 2018