These
churches were restored in
the 17-18th c, and
extensively rebuilt recently.
The other monastery buildings have mostly disappeared,
though there are foundations of a third church, S. Harutyun,
above. Nothing is
visible of two smaller ruined shrines ruined by earthquakes,
including one to S. Karapet. Beyond the monastery parking area,
the road continues past a police checkpoint to modern, assertive
guesthouses belonging to the Writer’s Union and the Government.
There is a commercial bathing beach below the monastery.
Somewhere on the peninsula may lurk scant remains of a cyclopean
fortress or its medieval successor.
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