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Armenia16 Lake Sevan

Lake Sevan is the largest lake in Armenia and one of the largest high-altitude lakes in the world. Sevan Island (now a peninsula) on the west coast of the lake and is the home of Sevanavank, a ninth century monastic complex, one of the most visited tourist attractions in Armenia

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Armenia16 Lake Sevan

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  1. 16 ARMENIA Lake Sevan

  2. Sevan is the largest lake in Armenia and the Caucasus region as well as one on the largest and highest freshwater lakes of the world. This huge mountain lake takes up 5% of Armenia's surface area and is about 2,000 meters above sea level. Its depth is 80m, lengh-70km, width-55km. The water is about 18-22 Celsius in the summer. Sevan is fed by 28 rivers. Sevan consists of two unequal parts - Big Sevan and Small Sevan. These parts are merged by 5th km length strait which is located between the peninsulas of Artanish and Noradus. The southern and eastern shores are broad and smooth, while the northern and north-eastern shores are narrow and rocky

  3. Fisherman at Sevan Lake Road from Yerevan to Lake Sevan

  4. The Lake Sevan has tectonic, volcanic origin. From the geological point of view the Great Sevan is an ancient, intermountain concavity, where there was a water basin in the remote past. A separate lake has been existed as well in the place of the Small Sevan. Archaeological research has shown that 3500 years ago the substantial part of Sevan was occupied by land. Along with Lake Van and Lake Urmia, Sevan was considered one of the three great lakes of the historical Armenian Kingdom, collectively referred to as the 'Seas of Armenia'; it is the only one within the boundaries of today's Republic of Armenia Human intervention dramatically changed the Lake Sevan ecosystem

  5. A Nearby summer home of the President of Armenia, viewable from very close to Sevanavank

  6. The canteen of the Guesthouse of the Armenian Writer's Union

  7. GevorgKotchar realized in the 60s the famous guesthouse of the Armenian Writers' Union. After artificial draining of the Lake Sevan, which started in the Stalin era, the water level fell about 20 metres, and the island transformed into a peninsula. At the southern shore of this newly created peninsula, GevorgKotchar built the guesthouse of the Armenian Writers' Union The canteen

  8. The canteen of the Guesthouse of the Armenian Writer's Union

  9. Armenian alphabet On a clear and sunny day, the water is often a deep turquoise color. Maxim Gorky once said about the waters that they were like a piece of the sky that had descended to the earth among the mountains.

  10. The shores are white sand and most beaches are uncrowded

  11. An Armenian princess named Tamar lived on Akhtamar Island in Lake Van (in Historic Armenia). She was in love with a commoner. This boy would swim from the mainland to the island each night, his way lit by a light she lit for him. One day her father found out about this and was very upset. He went to her as she held the light, waiting for her love.

  12. He smashed her light, leaving the boy in the middle of the lake without an idea of which direction to swim. They say his dying cries of Akh, Tamar… (Oh, Tamar) can be heard to this day at night. This is where the name of the island comes from.

  13. The Turks have occupied Lake Van and Akhtamar island, but Armenians have built a statue in honor of this legend on the shores of Lake Sevan instead. It is along the highway, north of Sevanavank

  14. Sevanavank monastic complex

  15. The long staircase takes visitors up to the top of the peninsula

  16. Stairway connects parking and shopping area with Sevanavank monastery located on a small hill-peninsula above Sevan Lake

  17. A khachkar, also known as an Armenian cross-stone is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, interlaces, and botanical motifs 

  18. Khachkars are characteristic of Medieval Christian Armenian art. Since 2010, khachkars, their symbolism and craftsmanship are inscribed in the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage

  19. While climbing the steps leading to the top of the peninsula, one reaches first the Arakelots (Apostles) and then Astvatsatsin church (Mother of God). Both are cross-like constructions dating back to 874

  20. Reconstruction and restoration efforts took place from 1956 to 1957

  21. Sevanavank monastic complex SurpArakelots, (the Holy Apostles) church and, less visible to the right, SurpAstvatsatsin, (the Holy mother of God ) church

  22. Sevanavank monastic complex Surp Astvatsatsin, (the Holy mother of God ) church, and Surp Arakelots, (the Holy Apostles) church

  23. View of peninsula

  24. According to an inscription in one of the churches, the monastery of Sevanavank was founded in 874 byPrincessMariam, the daughter of Ashot I (who became a king a decade later). At the time, Armenia was still struggling to free itself from Arab rule. The monastery was strict as it was mainly intended for those monks from Etchmiadzin who had sinned

  25. The peninsula was a religious center even centuries before the construction of Sevanavank Monastery churches (874 AD). SurbHarutyun Church was built by Gregory the Illuminator, the founder of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is said that the church was ruined during an earthquake in 995. Even before Armenia’s adoption of Christianity as a state religion there was a small pagan temple on the island of Sevan

  26. Sevanavank monastic complex SurpAstvatsatsin, (the Holy mother of God ) church, and SurpArakelots, (the Holy Apostles) church

  27. The larger St. Arakelots (the Holy Apostles) church was built at the same time as St. Astvatsatsin. It has an elongated western end creating a square hall

  28. An inscription on the south wall of the church says it was founded in 874 by Princess Mariam, the wife of Prince Vasak of Gabur and the daughter of the Bagratuni King Ashot I.

  29. Sevanavank has a large collection of khachkars (stone crosses) and khachkar fragments, with outstanding examples from each period of the monastery's history

  30. Among the more interesting are those made from soft green stone (andesite or limestone), quarried from the Sevan area

  31. The wooden door of this church is particularly worth attention, as it dates back to the 15th century and its carvings prove the brilliance of medieval Armenian art

  32. Sevanavank monastic complex SurpArakelots, (the Holy Apostles) church door inside

  33. Sevanavank monastic complex Altar of S. Astvatsatsin

  34. The wooden altar screen, partly carved and partly painted, an 1824 gift from the Monastery of St. Thaddeus, south of Maku, present day Iran

  35. Khachkar 13th century inside big church Astvatsatsin It’s important to mention that there is a special dress-code. Although the monastery is situated very close to holiday resorts, it’s forbidden to enter the church dressed in swimsuit, very short skirt, and so on. Your legs and shoulders must be covered appropriately

  36. Khachkar 13th century inside S.Astvatsatsin

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