ARMENIAN MONASTERIAL COMPLEX NORAVANK TO BE INCLUDED IN UNESCO WORLD LEGACY LIST
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 28. ARMINFO. In the next few days the Armenian
monasterial complex Noravank will be included in the UNESCO world
legacy list, says the secretary general of the UNESCO national
commission of Armenia’s foreign ministry Karine Danielyan.
This is the 4th Armenian monument on the list after Hakhpat (II-IV),
Echmiadzin Cathedral and Zvartnots ruins (II-III) and Gegard Monastery.
Noravank is one of the best known monuments of medieval Armenia. It is
located on a gorge of Arpa 122 km of Yerevan. The complex was built
in XII-XIV and was the residence of Sunik bishops. Its most ancient
part St Karapet Monastery dates back to IX-X.