Narekavank
Ruins · Turkey
- Abandoned
- 1915
- Founded
- 901
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.297, 42.928
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: The monastery was one of the most prominent in medieval Armenia and had a major school.
History
Narekavank was a tenth-century Armenian monastery in the historic province of Vaspurakan, near the southern shores of Lake Van, in present-day Gevaş district in Van Province in eastern Turkey. The monastery was one of the most prominent in medieval Armenia and had a major school. The poet Gregory of Narek notably flourished at the monastery. It was abandoned in 1915 during the Armenian genocide, and reportedly demolished around 1951. A mosque now stands on its location.