Armenia is famous not only for its monasteries and churches, but also the amazing fortifications. This is not surprising - the history of this country is not the most peaceful, and the people of the local land often had to defend their possessions against vastly superior forces of the enemy, whic> More
Not far from the small village of Alaverdi grows dark gray stone walls of the Monastery of Haghpat. This is a true island of the Middle Ages, covered in soft spurs of mountains, picturesque arches were amazing, complex, exquisite carvings, carrying away the mysterious passages and striking shady,> More