Khtzkonk Monastery - A black and white photo of a castle on a cliff

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Khtzkonk Monastery - A black and white photo of a castle on a cliff

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View of the 7th-13th century Armenian monastic ensemble of Khtzkonk now in Turkey. As a policy of cultural genocide on Armenians, the Republic of Turkey ordered its army to destroy the monastery in 1966. All but one church remains standing.

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1910
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Khtzkonk Monastery
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