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97H2+P4C, H45, Tatev 3218, ArmeniaMap
Phone+374 60 46 33 33, +374 96 46 33 33
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One of the must see churches in Armenia. Inside is very peaceful. Cable car is also worth to try. The scenery from above is breathtaking. Don’t miss the sweets locals sell in front of the church. Especially “gata” is my favorite.
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Tatev Monastery Highlights: Must-See Features and Attractions
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Tatev Monastery, founded in the Middle Ages, the university here was once the cultural center of Armenia, and trained the very important scholar Grigor Tatevatsi at that time, and his tomb is still in the monastery. The monastery that tourists see today was rebuilt after the independence of Armenia from the late Soviet Union. The original building was destroyed by the earthquake in the 1930s. It is a little far from the main road, and the beautifully carved sarcophagus of Grigor Tatevatsi and the seismic column next to it are all highlights. Tatev Monastery faces a canyon, both natural and cultural landscapes are worth seeing.
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Tatev Monastery Reviews: Insider Insights and Visitor Experiences
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One of the must see churches in Armenia. Inside is very peaceful. Cable car is also worth to try. The scenery from above is breathtaking. Don’t miss the sweets locals sell in front of the church. Especially “gata” is my favorite.
In this small country, which is not recognized by many countries, the scenery of Goris is more original, more natural, refreshing and lingering. In the deep mountain monastery, it is more interesting to explore and worth a visit.
We drove to the mountain cable car station in Tater Church, the third tourist attraction today. Buy a round-trip cable car ticket per person (about 70 yuan) in cash, which is really not cheap. A promotional sign was erected in front of the cable car station, telling tourists to enter the mountain to go to Tater Church, the distance is 16 kilometers, if it takes 40 minutes to drive, it takes 12 minutes to take the cable car. This comparison makes people feel that it is worth buying tickets. On the way to the church, we saw the winding road under our feet and felt that it was definitely a wise choice not to drive in. The cable car arrived at the upper station, the cable car came out, we according to the guide of netizens, did not go to the monastery first, but walked for about 20 minutes, bypassing a valley from another hillside viewing platform to see this monastery on the cliff. From a macro perspective, this monastery is indeed charming in the deep valleys of the mountains. It is unique to the valley cliffs with its back on the green hills. The mountain villages are also very elegantly scattered on the hillsides, which also gives the monastery a life value. The information says that the monastery was originally built in the 9th century, during which Tatev was the center of economic, political and spiritual activities in ancient Armenia. Later, until the 11th century, there were about 1,000 monks practicing here. From the macro view, we returned to the monastery under the hot sun and went inside to visit. The entire monastery is under repair and the scaffolding is very influential in the photo effect. Walking into the monastery to see the tall church is very magnificent, especially the stone pillars at the entrance are exquisitely carved, and similar monastery is the first time to see it. The site was damaged by a major earthquake in 1931, with photographs of the year in the showroom and a pillar of the courtyard surviving the year. The priests in the church also blessed tourists and believers, and people worshiped nothing less than the cathedral in the city. There are also many interconnecting rooms around the monastery's courtyard, although these rooms are empty, but they are facing the cliffs from the window or platform to see the valley and the opposite hillside scenery. The monastery was also a famous university, and in the 1st century, Tatev monastery University became one of the most important universities in Armenia during the Middle Ages. It is said that in that era, the standards of the Tatev Monastery University were unprecedented in Armenia, so the most important scholar of the time was cultivated here, and the tomb is still in the monastery, and there is his sarcophagus in the courtyard. Until the 15th century, Tatev University was still a major contributor to the advancement of science, religion, philosophy, and books in Armenia. To end our tour, we took the world's longest cable car and left this deep mountain, a historic and university-style monastery. Our next destination is Shushi in the Naka Republic, a so-called independent country that is not recognized by the international community is mostly Armenians, but the territory of Azerbaijan.
Tatev修道院兴建于9世纪,是一座修建在峡谷边缘、被称为Syunik的主教座,那时期的Tatev是古亚美尼亚的经济、政治中心,精神文化活动。 Tatev修道院的主要建筑有STS保罗和彼得教堂、圣玛丽教堂、圣格雷戈瑞教堂。11世纪时这里就已经有大约1000个僧侣在修行,13-14世纪,Tatev修道院大学是亚美尼亚中世纪最重要的大学之一。 Tatev修道院大学有亚美尼亚和外国研究圣经,圣经的艺术,音乐研究三大部门,这三大部门包括了人文社会科学,研究哲学、祭文、语法、文学、历史、书籍的艺术设计、微型画和、壁画的绘画、古代音乐和音乐学。在那个年代,Tatev修道院大学的办学标准在亚美尼亚是前所未有的高,因此这里培养出当时最重要的学者Grigor Tatevatsi,而Grigor Tatevats墓现今仍在修道院内。在14世纪tatev大学是亚美尼亚主要的文化中心,直到15世纪的Tatev大学,仍然对促进亚美尼亚的科学的进步、宗教、哲学、书籍的发展有着重大的贡献。
实在是太美了,这里还透着神秘的宗教色彩