“Adam and Eve” relief on the façade of Gandzasar Monastery

A fragment of the façade of Gandzasar Monastery with the relief “Adam and Eve”. Gandzasar is an outstanding monument of Armenian culture, a monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church. The old church was built before the 10th century, the cathedral church in 1216–1238 and the gavit in 1261–1266. The founder of the cathedral church was Hasan-Jalal Dola. According to Armenian folk tradition, the monastery took its name from the mountain that local people called Gandzasar because of its silver mines.

The picture shows a triangular stone upper section with a carved human figure and plant ornaments. Below, in separate frames, are 2 standing human figures, with inscriptions in Armenian letters above them.