Tatev Ropeway and Monastery

Tatev Monastery, Armenia – 2016. The Tatev Ropeway or “Wings of Tatev” is a 5.7 kilometer aerial tramway which goes between the village of Halidzor and the Tatev Monastery. It was opened in 2010 and is supported by three towers as it passes over the village of Halidzor then over the gorge of the River Vorotan. The view of the gorge and the road that goes through it is spectacular. The Tatev Monastery is situated on plateau overlooking the River Vorotan gorge. The plateau has been a religious site since pre-christen times and the first church was built there in the 4th century. Over the centuries it has been built up and destroyed several times. At one point the monastery hosted one of the most important Armenian medieval universities but was mostly destroyed on the late 14th century. It was rebuilt again in the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Halidzor Village end of the Tatev Ropeway
There was very thick fog in the area before we set off on our trip. Fortunately it cleared.
Hay shed in the village of Halidzor
Great Hermitage of Tatev is a 17th-century Armenian monastery located in the Vorotan River valley in the Syunik Province of Armenia. Seen from the the Tatev…
A natural bridge crossing the River Vorotan near Tatev, Armenia
Chapel of St. Pogos and Petros, Tatev Monastery
Tatev Monastery
The fortifications walls around Tatev Monastery
Ruined building at Tatev Monastery
An old wall at Tatev Monastery
Chapel of St. Pogos and Petros
Priest entering the Chapel
A bell and other artefacts from the monastery
Ruined building at Tatev Monastery
The road twisting through the gorge of the River Vorotan
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