Gandzasar Monastery

The silver commemorative coin with nominal value of 100 drams issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Armenia is dedicated to the Gandzasar Monastery. A monastery in Mets Aranq district of Artsakh province, on the left bank of Khachen river (currently in Martakert district, Karabakh). Named after the hill, on which is built and bowels of which contain beds of silver and other metals. The complex of the Gandzasar Monastery comprises St. Hovhannes Mkrtich church and a court surrounded by walls, dwelling cells nearby, a refectory and a school. The church and the court of the Gandzasar Monastery are by right ranked among the treasuries of the Armenian Christian architecture.

Gandzasar monastery (Armenian: Գանձասար) is a 13th century Armenian monastery situated in the Mardakert region of Nagorno-Karabakh, near the village of Vank. "Gandzasar" means treasure mountain or hilltop treasure in Armenian. The monastery holds relics believed to belong to St Zechariah, father of John the Baptist. Gandzasar was the residence of an Armenian catholicos from about 1400 to 1816, and is now the seat of the Archbishop of Artsakh. Although the monastery was damaged during an Azerbaijani bombing raid in 1991, in which the house of the Father Superior was destroyed, Gandzasar is actively functioning today as a monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

Armenia 2004 Gandzasar Monastery

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Armenia 2004 Gandzasar Monastery
Armenia 2004 Gandzasar Monastery
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Catalog ID: 
AM89CM1
Krause ID: 
KM# 113
Value: 
€145
Mintage: 
500
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Purity: 
0.999
Weight: 
31.1g
Diameter: 
38mm
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