The monastic complex known as Marmashen Vank is located on a shelf overlooking the left bank of the Akhurian River, 15 km north of Gyumri in the Shirak province of the Republic of Armenia.
The churches at Marmashen are the best surviving examples of the \\\"Ani school\\\" of medieval Armenian architecture to be found in the Armenian Republic. The buildings at Marmashen are so similar in style to those at the monastery of Khtzkonk that it is probable the same architects and craftsmen created both monasteries.
Marmashen was the dynastic burial place for the Pahlavids.
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