Bgheno-Noravank ( hy, Բղենո-Նորավանք) is an 11th-century Armenian monastery in the province of Syunik in

Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' ...

. It now consists of a small church dating to 1062, located on a little wooded promontory, and ornately decorated with borders and biblical reliefs. The ruins of this church were rediscovered in the 1920s by

Axel Bakunts Aksel (Axel) Bakunts ( hy, Ակսել Բակունց, Alexander Stepani Tevosyan; , 1899 – July 8, 1937) was an Armenian prose writer, film-writer, translator and public activist. Life and career Bakunts was born 1899 in Goris in Armenia a ...

, a well-known prose writer, during one of his wanderings as an

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Armeniapedia.org: Bgheno-Noravank

3D model of the Bgheno-Noravank basilica

About Bgheno-Noravank
Christian monasteries in Armenia Tourist attractions in Syunik Province 11th-century establishments in Armenia Christian monasteries established in the 11th century 1062 establishments in Europe 1062 establishments in Asia Buildings and structures in Syunik Province {{Armenia-OO-church-stub