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Gandzasar monastery
fortified Armenian monastery on a mountain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gandzasar monastery (Armenian: Գանձասար) is an Armenian monastery in Nagorno-Karabakh, in the Mardakert region, near the village of Vank. Gandzasar means "treasure mountain" in Armenian.[1]
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