Yotnporakan Bagink (Gabaru Vank)

Azerbaijan / Fuzuli /
 temple, paganism, Armenian Apostolic church, ancient ruins
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Yotnporakan Bagink (Armenian: Յոթնփորակյան Բագինք, Old Armenian: Եօթնփորակեան Բագինք) or Gabaru Bagink (Armenian: Գաբառու Բագինք) - ancient Armenian pagan temple at what was Greater Armenia's Paytakaran province (Armenian: Փայտակարան Աշխարհ), Rot-Patsean district (Armenian: Ռոտ-Պածեան գավառ), near today's Semyonovka village in Azerbaijan's Imishli district. Found at the age of pre-Christian Armenia. At VI cen. A.D. it was turned into a monastic complex by Gregory Illuminator (Armenian: Գրիգոր Լուսավորիչ), surrounded by fortifications. The Gabaru monastery (Armenian: Գաբառու վանք) was destroyed by Tamerlan's army in XIV century.
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Coordinates:   39°43'46"N   48°6'39"E
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