Haghpat was major literary center, and maintained rich feudal lands until the monastery properties were confiscated by the Russian Empire in the 19th c.
Haghpat and Sanahin Monastery are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List based on the following arguments: These two Byzantine monasteries in the Tumanian region from the period of prosperity during the Kiurikian dynasty (10th to 13th century) were important centres of learning. Sanahin was renowned for its school of illuminators and calligraphers. The two monastic complexes represent the highest flowering of Armenian religious architecture, whose unique style developed from a blending of elements of Byzantine ecclesiastical architecture and the traditional vernacular architecture of the Caucasian region.
Sourb Nshan (Holy Sign of the Cross) church
The 1245 bell-tower in Haghpat. Its first storey is cross-shaped in the plan, and the second one rectangular, with the angles cut off.
Some details from the bell-tower
Munumental sculptural group of Kings Kyurike and Smbat in the severe and majestic eastern facade of Amenaprkich church. The first high-relief representation of human figures with a model of a church in Armenia.
View over the landscape from the monastry
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