UNDER CONSTRUCTION

   Next is  Makenis.  Makenyats   Vank monastery, right of the road about 100 m inside the village, was a major cultural/education center of medieval Gegharkunik with 10-13th c. churches. Prince Grigor Supan built the central S. Astvatsatsin church (locked) at the end of the 9th c. In     the    near     corner    of

   The           road          continues          to Akhpradzor, till 1978 Verin Zaghalu.  

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

the walled enclosure, hanging out over the gorge, is a picturesque medieval sanitary facility.