Haghartsin In Tavush Province Of Armenia. Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Haghartsin is a 13th-century monastery located near the town of Dilijan. St. Astvatsatsin Church in Haghartsin 1281 is the largest building and the dominant artistic feature. The sixteen-faced dome is decorated with arches, the bases of whose columns are connected by triangular ledges and spheres, with a band around the drum’s bottom. This adds to the optical height of the dome and creates the impression that its drum is weightless.