Narekavank ( , " Monastery of Narek " , Western Armenian : '' Nareg '' ) was a tenth-century Armenian monastery in the historic province of Vaspurakan , near the southern shores of Lake Van , in present-day eastern Turkey . The monastery was one of the most prominent in medieval Armenia and had a major school . The poet Gregory of Narek ( Grigor Narekatsi ) notably flourished at the monastery . It was abandoned in 1915 during the Armenian Genocide , and reportedly demolished around 1951 . A mosque now stands on its location
Armenian Genocide
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