{"id":2867,"date":"2026-11-06T18:35:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?post_type=heritage_site&p=2867"},"modified":"2026-11-06T18:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T18:35:35","slug":"spitak-khach-monastery","status":"publish","type":"heritage_site","link":"https:\/\/caucasusheritage.cornell.edu\/?heritage_site=spitak-khach-monastery","title":{"rendered":"Spitak Khach Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spitak Khach Monastery<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
Threatened<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Monastery<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n
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Before Image Date: October 25, 2024<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Impact Image Date: April 7, 2025<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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According to Monument Watch, the founding date of the monastery is unknown, but the oldest preserved inscription, located under the khachkar of the northern arch, is dated to 1333. Additional inscriptions testify to regular renovations of the structure over the centuries. A guest house was built just southeast of the monastery in 1735. A number of gravestones are found in the area surrounding the church with inscriptions dating to the 15th, 16th, and 18th centuries. Southwest of the church, a khachkar with an inscription dating to 1346 is embedded in a pillar with a gable roof.<\/p>\n

Satellite imagery from April 2025 shows rectilinear disturbances (A) to the territory immediately north of Spitak Khach. It is unclear from the available imagery what these disturbances represent.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Coordinates: 39.513615, 47.022602<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Impact year: 2025<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n

Mission 12<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n
CHW Monitoring <\/span>Report 08<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n
Site date: 13th-17th c.<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
More Information \u2192<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\"SpitakKhach\"<\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Photo courtesy of Monument Watch<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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