1/3 Buzand Str., Yerevan 0010, RA
Kobayravank (12th century) was one of the most important spiritual, cultural, writing and rewriting of ancient manuscripts centres in medieval Armenia. It was founded thanks to the Kurikyan rule of the Bagratuni (Bagratid) kingdom.
Kobayravank is located in the Lori region of Armenia, near the village of Kobayr. It is located west of the Kober railway station (Tumanyan region), on the slopes of the Debed river.
The terrain is difficult to access: the memorial complex is located on a rock. There are walls, chapels, churches, civic buildings, and a refectory on the territory.
The large church (end of the 12th century) is located in the southeastern part of the monument group, on one of the intermediate platforms of the rocks, from where the abyss begins directly. The altar and half of the altar dome, the northern and western walls and two lower rows of the southern wall are preserved. The walls are built of smoothly hewn basalt on the exterior and in the lower parts of the interior, and half-hewn elsewhere They are plastered and frescoed on the inside. Remains of the frescoes are preserved on the altar and on the northern wall of the stage. On the eastern side of the large church, directly on the edge of the cliff, stands the single-nave, vaulted Mariamashen church in a dilapidated state. The semi-cylindrical dome was reinforced at the edges with vaulted arches. The entrance is from the west, framed by a semicircular crown, the horizontal wings of which rest on old-fashioned, simple windows of different forms. Above the entrance is a small round window, bordered by rings with layered ornaments. Above is depicted an equal-winged cross enclosed in a circle. There are numerous of Armenian inscriptions on the walls of the church. According to the construction inscription on the entrance, the church was built by Mariam, the daughter of King Kyurik II, in 1171.
A chapel built of large, polished stones was added to the southern wall of Mariamashen сhurch, which is closer to the other monuments in its structural style and stonework.
About 10 metres west of the large church was another chapel, of which only the lower rows of the eastern wing, made of roughly hewn basalt, have survived.
The monument has been restored from time to time. The restoration works are currently underway.
The details are in the video material.
https://youtu.be/9iRu-8-gnWg?si=0Rt1rDJezwMC6tJD
