Dilijan Monastery | Haghartsin | 700 years old Tree | 13th Century Monastery | Indian in Armenia |

Haghartsin - Armenian monastery located in the Tavush region in 18 km from Dilijan city, in a wooded valley of Ijevan ridge. The Monastery was built in the X-XIII centuries, mostly under the auspices of the dynasty Bagratuni.
Church of St. Gregory, built in XI century, is the oldest building of the complex. The main monastery church of St. Mary (Astvatsatsin) was built in 1281. In XII-XIII cc. a ghavit (narthex) was added to the church. On the territory of the Monastery there is a refectory built in 1248. There were royal tombs of Bagratuni family, only tombstones presently are preserved with the names of kings Ghagik and Smbat. Near to refectory the remains of kitchen are preserved, the remains of narthex are near the Astvatsatsin cathedral. Ob the territory of the complex there are several khachkars.