Amenaprkich Monastery (Gazanchy)

Amenaprkich Monastery was an Armenian monastery in Gazanchy village (Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.

[1][2] The monastery was founded in the 12–13th centuries and was rebuilt in 1654, according to an Armenian inscription on a khachkar set above the lintel of the doorway.

[2][3] In the late Soviet years, the outer walls of the monastery complex, the porch attached to the church, and other associated buildings were in ruins.

It was a basilica structure consisting of a nave with two aisles, an apse and two vestries.

[2][3] The monastery was razed to ground at some point between 1997 and November 11, 2009, as documented by investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch.