1679 Armenia earthquake

[1] Numerous buildings were destroyed as a result of the earthquake.

The Yerevan Fortress was destroyed, so were the following churches: Poghos-Petros, Katoghike, Zoravor and the Gethsemane Chapel.

The classical Hellenistic Temple of Garni also collapsed.

[3] Among many churches and monasteries that were reduced to ruins were Havuts Tar, Saint Sargis Monastery of Ushi, Hovhannavank, Geghard, and Khor Virap.

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