UNDER CONSTRUCTION

   N of Hermon is the former village of Kalasar, with scant remains of a church and cemetery.

   Taking the  left  fork  in  Hermon,  and then the next left (signposted for Arates Vank), an asphalt road winds N to a small military checkpoint, beyond which    is    the     village    of  Arates (formerly Ghzlgyul, now mostly unpopulated). Arates Vank has the  7^th

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

c. S. Sion church; Astvatsatsin of 10^th c. church; and S. Karapet of 13^th c. church; a ruined gavit built in 1265/70, by order of Prince Smbat Orbelian, architect Siranes. Dirt roads lead beyond into the mountains.