In the Gegharkunik province lies lake Sevan, the largest body of water in Armenia, an otherwise landlocked country. Much larger before, it was drained during Stalin's rule, making Sevan island a peninsula and lowering water level of twenty meters.
This doesn't make it any less spectacular.
On what was once Sevan island (now a peninsula due to the drain) is Sevanavank (Sevan Monastery), founded in 874 by the daughter of future King Ashot I, princess Mariam. Built as a "penitentiary" for Etchmiadzin monks caught in sin, had a very strict regimen which forbidden, among other things like meat and wine, also youth and women. Wait a minute...
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| We spotted this epic vessel captain tomb on the way down |
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| And these three even more epic dudes. |
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