Monuments Involved in the First Route:

Day 1:
Yerevan – Areni (St. Astvatsatsin church – 13th century) – Noravank Monastery (13th – 14th centuries) - Yeghegnadzor (bridge – 13th century, Kilikian fortress, Chapel) – Gladzor (Tanahat Monastery – 1s3th century).

Day 2:
Gladzor – Vernashen (Proshaberd fortress – 13th century, Spitakavor Astvatsatsin Monastery – 12th - 13th centuries) – Agarakatsor (bridge 13th Century) - Khachik (Khotakerats monastery – 9th century, Karkop Monastery – 9th – 10th centuries).

Day 3:
Khachik – Arkaz (St. Khach Monastery – 17th – 18th centuries) – Azatek (church) Gomur (tomb-chapel – 13th century, year of 1263) – Martiros (church, hollowed out in the rock, khachkars – 13th century, year of 1283).




Monuments Involved into the Second Route:

Day 1:
Yerevan – Shatin (Monastery – 10th – 17th century, bridge, fortress, spring) – Aghnjadzor (a medieval building – 13th 14th centuries) – Sulema (the inn of selim – 14th century, year of 1332) – Yeghegis (Smbataberd fortress – 5th – 10th centuries, Tsakhatskar Monastery – 10th – 11th centuries) – Alayaz (Zorats and St. Nshan Churches – 13th century, Hermon Monastery – 10th-13th centuries) – Dzlgyough.

Day 2:
Dzlgyough – (Arates Monastery – 11th – 13th centuries) – Karmrashen (cemetery monuments – 13th century, year of 1291) – Herher (St. Gevorg church – 13th century, year of 1297, St. Sion church – 9th – 13th centuries) – Jermuk (church, waterfall) – Gndevaz.

Day 3:
Gndevaz (Gndevank Monastery – year of 936, caves, spring) – Artavan (khachkars), Yeghegnadzor.




 
 
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Aramazt Kalaydjian, Shoushi 2003, NY, USA
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