Surp Marinos Monastery
Ruins · Turkey
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 901
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 38.346, 43.357
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: Built in the 12th century, it ceased functioning as a monastery after the Armenian genocide in 1915.
History
St. Marinos is a ruined Armenian Orthodox monastery in the Gürpınar district of Van Province of Turkey, to the southeast of Lake Van. Built in the 12th century, it ceased functioning as a monastery after the Armenian genocide in 1915.