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A left turnoff in the center of Alaverdi leads N to the miners town of Lenrudnik. |
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Beyond Sanahin, the road continues N to
Akner,
from which you may be able to reach Kayan
Berd, a brooding black fortress built in 1233. Kirakos Gandzaketsi
reports that "Yovhannes, the sister's son of princes Zakare and
Ivane, and the previous Yovhannes' brother's son [was bishop of
Haghpat]. This Yovhannes built a fortress with sturdy
walls between Haghpat and
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Sanahin. On account of this fortress, discord arose between the two
great monasteries, to the effect that it was on land belonging to
Sanahin. Prince Shahnshah, Zakare's son avenged Sanahin, since his
father was buried there and he considered it their property, for Haghpat
was under the Georgian kings' control at that time. As soon as bishop
Yovhannes died, they pulled led down the walls of the fortress on orders
from the Tatars." The fortress, which sits on a pinnacle above the
Debed between Sanahin and Haghpat, preserves the small Dsevanki
S. Astvatsatsin church.
In the village is
an Early Iron Age tomb
field. Note that there
is another Kayan Berd W of Ijevan in Tavush.
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