Narekavank

Van Province, Turkey

No longer standing

Demolished or destroyed.

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Narekavank was a tenth-century Armenian monastery in Vaspurakan, near the southern shores of Lake Van in what is now the Gevaş district of Van Province, Turkey. One of medieval Armenia's most prominent monastic establishments, it housed a major school and was notably associated with the poet Gregory of Narek (Grigor Narekatsi). The monastery was abandoned in 1915 during the Armenian genocide and reportedly demolished around 1951; a mosque now occupies its former site.