In a cemetery 1.7 km (1.1 mi) south of Dashtadem, lies the restored 7th-century Kristapori Vank which may be viewed in the distance from the Qagheni fortress.

The main gate requires one to enter at a right angle from the east of the northern bastion.

A low-irregular decagonal interior wall surrounds a fortress keep and an adjacent 5th-century chapel of S. Sargis.

On the east wall of the fortress keep is an Arabic dedicatory inscription of 1174, written in Kufic script attributing the structure to Sultan ibn Mahmud (Shahanshah), one of the Shaddadid Princes that ruled in Ani.

It reads the following passage: Until recently, the fortress had been home to local shepherds and their families.