The Wanderer Series: Tatev Monastery, Armenia.

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Located about 280 km from Yerevan in southeast Armenia in the Syunik province.

The quiet darkness of ancient times only to be interrupted by the caterwauls of the local and foreign population.

Trivia: Folk etymology includes a legend telling of an event that is tied to the construction of the main church, where the builder falls down the abyss while completing the final structure of the dome, and during fall he calls "Ta Tev" meaning - give me wings. Folk legend says that he came down unharmed. where an apprentice secretly climbs to the top of its steeple intending to place a cross of his own design. However, the apprentice is spotted by his master during his descent. Shocked by his discovery, the apprentice loses his foothold and falls into the abyss as he calls upon God to grant him wings, which, in Armenian is: "Ta Tev".