![]() įill your water bottles at the pipe-spring on your right a little after passing the river. Karapet church of the 10th c, and a host of other ruined buildings, decorated with splendid khachkars, on the flank of the mountain. The left fork (and left again) leads (6 km NE of village) to the splendid ruined Tsakhatskar Monastery, with S. An unmarked jeep track angles steeply down to the right, fords the stream, and climbs up. Tsaghats Kar Monastery is a monastic complex located along the mountain foothills overlooking the Yeghegis River, between the villages of Yeghegis and. Follow the lower road parallel to the stream until about 1 km past the village. ![]() At the first fork beyond Shatin, signposted “Tsakhatskar Vank 13 km”, turning left (N) on a paved road brings one to Artabuynk (726 v, until 1946 Erdapin, then Yeghegis until the recent transfer of populations, when Alayaz reclaimed the name.) Its inhabitants were brought in 1830 from Khoy region. Note that many of the village names have changed since 1988, along with the population. The complex of buildings of religious and defensive purpose was built on the mountain cape and is a striking example of works of architects of an era of the Middle Ages. Going E from Shatin, one follows the Yeghegis river upstream. Tsakhats Kar the half-ruined monastery located in 6 km north of the small village of Ekhegis of the Vayots Dzor district.
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