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Vahanavank (Armenian: Վահանավանք) is a 10th-11th century Armenian monastic complex located approximately 5 kilometers southwest of the town of Kapan in the Syunik Province of Armenia situated at the foot of Tigranasar mountain along the right bank of the Voghdji River. The monastery was founded by Prince Vahan Nakhashinogh (of which it gets its namesake) the son of Prince Gagik of Kapan in the early 10th century. The Armenian historian Stepanos Orbelian (c.
