Spring

A stone structure built over a spring, standing within the grounds of Sanahin monastery in the Sanahin district of Alaverdi, Lori region. It dates to the medieval period. In Armenian it's called an aghbyur-hushardzan — literally a 'spring-monument' — a spring housed in stone and treated as a built structure in its own right, not just a water source.

No name survives for it. Beyond the basic facts, the record is thin: no confirmed construction date, no dedication, no note on whether water still runs through it. It sits among the smaller built elements of the monastery complex, easy to pass without knowing what it is.

Sanahin is a district within Alaverdi town, in Lori region in Armenia's north. Straight-line from Yerevan it's roughly 100 km north — a rough estimate from coordinates, not a travel distance. The spring is inside the monastery grounds, so orient yourself there first.