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| Noravank | |
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Նորավանք | |
 Surb Astvatsatsin and Surb Karapet Churches with Surb Grigor's Chapel to the right, Noravank | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Location | |
| Location | Amaghu Valley, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia |
  Shown within Armenia  Noravank (Vayots Dzor) | |
| Geographic coordinates | 39°41′03″N 45°13′58″E / 39.684061°N 45.232872°E |
| Architecture | |
| Style | Armenian |
| Groundbreaking | 1205 |
Noravank (Armenian: Նորավանք, lit. 'new monastery') is a 13th-century Armenian monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Amaghu River, near the town of Yeghegnadzor in Armenia. The gorge is known for its tall, sheer, brick-red cliffs, directly across from the monastery. The monastery is best known for its two-storey Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God) Church, which grants access to the second floor by way of a narrow stone-made staircase jutting out from the face of building.
The monastery is sometimes called Noravank at Amaghu, with Amaghu being the name of a small and nowadays abandoned village above the canyon, in order to distinguish it from Bgheno-Noravank, near Goris. In the 13th–14th centuries the monastery became a residence of Syunik's bishops and, consequently, a major religious and, later, cultural center of Armenia closely connected with many of the local seats of learning, especially with Gladzor's famed university and library.