Surb Karapet Monastery of Mush, early 20th century

Surb Karapet Monastery in Mush (Western Armenia). It was founded by Gregory the Illuminator. It is also known as Glakavank and the Innaknian Monastery. It was destroyed in 1915.

The photograph was taken in the early 20th century by the Norwegian-Armenian Bodil Katharina Biørn. It is kept in the Royal Norwegian Archive, in the Bodil Biørn collection.

The picture shows the monastery’s stone walls, an arcaded bell tower on the left and two pointed domes behind. Several people stand in the courtyard, and large clay jars are lined up by the wall.