The Noravank Monastery, situated on a ledge over Arpa river gorge surrounded by fantastic red rocks, was founded in the place of an ancient monastery and took on special significance as a cultural and religious center in the 13-14th cc.

The semicircular tympanum of the entrance has a relief with the icon of the Blessed Virgin with baby Christ and two saints facing her. The saints are pictured narrow-eyed so as to please the Mongols who conquered Armenia in 1236 and thus save the monastery.

To visit Noravank take a tour!