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Like the refectory of Haghpat Monastery, the refectory of Haghartsin, built by the architect Minas in 1248, is divided by pillars into two square-plan parts roofed with intersecting arches. The walls are lined with stone benches, and at the western butt wall, next to the door, there is a broad archway for the numerous pilgrims to navigate.
Haghartsin, Armenia at GEOnet Names Server Haghartsin ( Armenian : Հաղարծին ) is a village in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia . The 13th-century Haghartsin Monastery is located around 8 km northwest of the village.
Image Name Date Province Locetion Image 1: Kasagh Basilica: 4th-5th century: Aragatsotn Province: Aparan: 2: Cathedral of Talin: 4th-20th century: Aragatsotn Province
Khachatur of Taron or Khatchatur Taronatsi (Armenian: Խաչատուր Տարոնացի; 12th century, in Taron, Turuberan, Greater Armenia – 1184, at Haghartsin Monastery) was an Armenian poet, musician and religious figure, who wrote a number of medieval sharakans.
The monastery was founded in the 4th century, according to tradition by Gregory the Illuminator. The site is that of a spring arising in a cave which had been sacred in pre-Christian times, hence one of the names by which it was known, Ayrivank (the Monastery of the Cave). The first monastery was destroyed by Arabs in the 9th century.
Gavit of Geghard Monastery in Armenia (UNESCO World Heritage Site). Dated 1215-1225, it has a muqarnas vault at the center.. A gavit (Armenian: գավիթ; gawit’) or zhamatun (Armenian: ժամատուն; žamatun) is a congressional room or mausoleum added to the entrance of a church, and therefore often contiguous to its west side, in a Medieval Armenian monastery.
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The tomb of Mashtots is located under the altar. According to Movses Khorenatsi, when Mesrop Mashtots died (c. 440), three locations were considered for his burial place: his native Taron region; Goghtn, where he had begun his missionary work; and Vagharshapat, Armenia's political and religious capital, next to the graves of other saints.