Makenis
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Makenis is a town in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

. The Makenyats Vank
Makenyats Vank
Makenyats Vank is a 9th-13th century Armenian monastery 5 kilometers south of Lake Sevan in the village of Makenis in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.- External links :*...

in the town was a major cultural and educational center of medieval Gegharkunik, which churches dating to the 10th to 13th century.
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