Surb Karapet Monastery — Attraction in Muş

The oldest Kurd in the village said that in the 60s of the last century, the Turkish government brought several Kurdish families here. They blasted the St. Karapet Church of Armenians and urged them to build their own houses with these stones. Only the ghost of the church is left. On the walls of almost all the houses of the village there are the remains of ornamented stones and cross-stones of this...

The church/ monastery, which was built on the ruins of a Hindu temple after massacring the Hindus living there peacefully, itself lies...

Tarihi eserlerin harabeye dönüşmesi cehalet dışında, deprem ve doğal afetlerle de ilgili... 100 yıl önceki bakış açısı ile günümüz yaklaşımı tabiiki çok farklı...Yıkıntıya dönüşen tarihi esere ait taşların yeni yapılarda kullanılmasına devşirme taş...