Though there are inscriptions dating to the 1160s, the main church was built in 1215 under the auspices of the brothers Zakare and Ivane, the generals of Queen Tamar of Georgia, who took back most of Armenia from the Turks.

Though there are inscriptions dating to the 1160s, the main church was built in 1215 under the auspices of the brothers Zakare and Ivane ( of the Zakarid-Mkhargrzeli family ), the generals of Queen Tamar of Georgia, who took back most of Armenia from the Turks.

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