Makaravank-Artik Monastery

X - XIII AD - Shirak Marz

Makaravank* of Artik (not nearly as well known as the beautiful Makaravank Monastery in the forests of Tavush Marz), dates to the 10-13th c, with S. Sion church of 1001. In the gorge below the monastery, reached by a steep, rock-cut path is an 18th c. small church built on earlier foundations, and a hermit's cell (?) cut in the cliff. {Source: Rediscovering Armenia Guidebook)