Makravank Monastery

Makravank
Մաքրավանք
Makravank ; Մաքրավանք
	13th-century S. Astvatsatsin Church and 11th-century chapel (adjacent, right) at Makravank Monastery
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Status	Active
Location
Location	Hrazdan, Kotayk Province,; Armenia
	Shown within Armenia
Geographic coordinates	40°31′39″N 44°44′14″E / 40.5275°N 44.737222°E
Architecture
Type	Cruciform central-plan
Style	Armenian
Completed	10th-13th centuries
Dome(s)	1

Makravank (Armenian: Մաքրավանք) is an Armenian church-complex located in the Makravan district of Hrazdan, the capital of Kotayk Province, Armenia.^[1] The monastic complex includes a half-ruined 11th-century chapel.^[2] The 13th-century church dedicated to Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God) has a circular tambour and a conical cupola.^[3] The complex also includes the lower walls of the gavit and a medieval cemetery.^[1]

^ ^a ^b (in Armenian) Hasratyan, Murad. Մաքրավանք (Mak'ravank'). Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. vol. vii. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1981, pp. 370-371.
^ Brady Kiesling, Raffi Kojian (2001). Rediscovering Armenia: an archaeological/touristic gazetteer and map set for the historical monuments of Armenia. Tigran Mets. p. 39.
^ Nicholas Holding (2006). Armenia: with Nagorno Karabagh. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 142. ISBN 1-84162-163-3.

[ASE-1] (in Armenian) Hasratyan, Murad. Մաքրավանք (Mak'ravank'). Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia. vol. vii. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1981, pp. 370-371.

[2] Brady Kiesling, Raffi Kojian (2001). Rediscovering Armenia: an archaeological/touristic gazetteer and map set for the historical monuments of Armenia. Tigran Mets. p. 39.

[3] Nicholas Holding (2006). Armenia: with Nagorno Karabagh. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 142. ISBN 1-84162-163-3.

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