Tiigra: Sanahin monastery bell tower, circa 1230. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: Bell tower cross
Tiigra: Khachkar, 1063
Tiigra: Carved cross on the wall
Tiigra: A grave stone at the Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: The Sargis khachkar, 1215
Tiigra: The interior of Sanahin’s book depository, 1063. Its distinguishing feature is a huge octahedral tent roof resting on diagonally-arranged arches resting on intricate abutments in the middle of the walls. Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: The St. Astvatzatzin gavit, 1211
Tiigra: A khachkar in the book depository. Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: The interior of Sanahin’s book depository, 1063. Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: Book depository, Sanahin monastery
Tiigra: The interior of Sanahin’s book depository, 1063. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: Cemetery at the Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: The floors of the gavit of St. Amenaprkitch church are paved with the graves of important religious figures and members of the royalty and community. Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: Grave stones on the floor of Amenaprkitch gavit
Tiigra: Grave stones on the floor of Amenaprkitch gavit. Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: Grave stones on the floor of Amenaprkitch gavit. Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: The bases and capitals of the columns are decorated with carvings and relief representations of the heads of the animals. Amenaprkitch gavit, 1181. Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: Cemetery at Sanahin
Tiigra: Studying the braided ornament
Tiigra: The wall niches and the wall-attached abutments vary in their shapes, sizes and ornamentation. Thanks to the curvilinear shape of their cross-sections, the abutments fit in snugly with the walls. The book depository, Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006
Tiigra: A creature 11 centuries old
Tiigra: Free range pig
Tiigra: Sanahin monastery, Armenia
Tiigra: Grave stones on the floor of Amenaprkitch gavit. Sanahin monastery. Armenia 2006