Gtichavank

Gtichavank
Գտչավանք
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Location
Location	Tugh, Azerbaijan
Shown within Azerbaijan Gtichavank (Republic of Artsakh)
Geographic coordinates	39.593547°N 46.941944°E / 39.593547; 46.941944
Architecture
Style	Armenian
Groundbreaking	1241
Completed	1248

Gtichavank (Armenian: Գտչավանք; Azerbaijani: Ktişvəng or Gütəvəng) is a 13th-century Armenian Apostolic monastery, located near the village of Tugh (or Togh) in Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

The monastery came under the control of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was captured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Janapar Trail

The remains of the monastery is reachable to hikers via the Janapar Trail, a long-distance trail from Vardenis in Armenia to Hadrut in Artsakh. Another trail leading to this monastery is the Gtichavank Loop Trail starting in the village of Togh. In 2018 the trail was cleared of overgrown vegetation and was marked with red and white painted blazes by the Trails For Change NGO. From the monastery, its possible to continue down the Gtichavank Loop Trail or to take the Janapar Trail down to Togh. From the monastery, its possible to take either the unmarked trail behind the monastery back to Togh or the Janapar Trail.

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See also

• Culture of Artsakh
• Architecture of Azerbaijan

External links

• Gtichavank Monastery on Armeniapedia.org
• About Gtichavank