Mak'ravank

The monastery, located near the village of the same name, consists of two adjoining churches and a gavit'; to the south is the older church, built in the 10th century, of the apsed-hall type. In the eastern part, the apse and two small adjoining rooms are enclosed within masonry that is rectangular on the outside. The barrel vault rests on the side walls, which are lightened at the base by blind arcading occupying the length of the bay. The external volume is covered by a gabled roof. The main church, St. Astvacacin, built in the 13th century, belongs to the Armenian cross type. Outside, the arms of the cross are accentuated by steeply pitched roofs, while the drum, partly collapsed together with the dome, is surmounted by a squat conical roof resulting from a modern restoration. Of the gavit' only the base of the west and south walls remains, on which rests a small modern wooden structure. Major restoration work was begun in 1975.