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Khor Virap Monastery

Ararat Province, ArmeniaBuilt: c. 650 ADActiveEarly Christian
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The monastery is built above the pit that held Saint Gregory for fourteen years before the conversion of King Tiridates III. It commands one of the most recognisable views of Mount Ararat anywhere in the country.

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