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Sevanavank Monastery

Gegharkunik Province, ArmeniaBuilt: 874 ADActiveMedieval
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Founded by Princess Mariam of the Bagratuni dynasty, Sevanavank originally crowned an island before the lake's level was lowered in the twentieth century. The surviving churches still anchor the peninsula skyline.

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