Targmanchats Monastery built

487 CE.

Shown on the map at 40.569°, 46.089°.

The Monastery of Saint Translators (Armenian: Սուրբ Թարգմանչաց վանք, Surb Targmanchats Vank, Azerbaijani: Quşçu məbədi) is an Armenian monastery, founded in the 4th century. It is located north of Dashkasan, in Azerbaijan. The Monastery was founded by Saints Mesrop Mashtots and Sahak Partev. In 411 they translated the Bible from Syriac.

Text from the Wikipedia article Monastery of Saint Translators, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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