Armenia unveiled: Sacred sites carved into stone


By AGENCY

The Khor Virap Monastery gives you a great view of the holy Mount Ararat, which is located in Turkiye.

Reaching towards the sky, they rise vertically from the valley floor for a hundred metres and more: Masses of basalt columns, side by side and on top of each other, as if glued together like gigantic ensembles of organ pipes.

People standing below and stretching their heads upwards just might feel a bit lost.

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