Ruins · Muş · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Saint Karapet Monastery is a ruin in Muş. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
Audio tour · Saint Karapet Monastery
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You're standing in Yukarıyongalı, a small Kurdish village high above the plain of Muş, at around 1,950 metres. It looks quiet and ordinary. But for centuries this was the site of Surb Karapet Monastery, once the most important Armenian monastery in this part of Turkey.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
When you stand at Saint Karapet Monastery, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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