Here again, vank already means monastery, and Saghmosavank means the Monastery of Psalms. Like Hovhannavank, this monastery is also located at the edge of the Kasagh River canyon, north of the town of Ashtarak. And like the bulk of Hovhannavank, it was also constructed in the 13th Century, from similar materials.
Interestingly, the entrance to the gavit, the typically Armenian early Medieval construction in front of the actual church, looks very much like the entrance of a mosque. Inside the church, a few frescoes adorn the walls. Part of the outside walls is decorated with a series of delicately carved crosses, like kachkars – the Armenian stellae often depicting crosses – that are incorporated in the wall.
