{"id":1050,"date":"2025-10-20T17:46:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/?page_id=1050"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:22:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:22:03","slug":"syunik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/it\/syunik\/","title":{"rendered":"Syunik"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1050\" class=\"elementor elementor-1050\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-000a1f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"000a1f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-066b65f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"066b65f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Syunik and Southern Armenia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d56b0c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d56b0c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-513c26b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"513c26b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Summer 2025<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bc4c76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1bc4c76\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6432d68 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6432d68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Syunik is the southernmost Armenian province, which borders Iran and Azerbaijan. With the support of TAP The Armenia Project and EVN report I had the chance to go for a trip and report from there. While my <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/it\/stories\/\">stories<\/a><\/span> are published in various outlets, this photo series scratches the surface of a fragile region that occupies a special place in my heart.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd8bd63 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd8bd63\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b04c81 gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"4b04c81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1050 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"The Yerablur war cemetery in Yerevan. No other places in Armenia carries the memory of 35 years of war as Yerablir does.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxNC1SMDAwOTMzNC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250714-R0009334.jpg'><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250714-R0009334-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250714-R0009334-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250714-R0009334-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250714-R0009334-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250714-R0009334-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250714-R0009334-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250714-R0009334.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Nagorno-Karabakh refugee Ruzanna Tsatryan at the entrance of her house in Agarak, the Southernmost Armenian town.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcyMC1NZWdocmktTGFuZHNjYXBlLVJ1emFubmEtR2lvcmdpb19SMDAwOTk5NS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009995.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009995-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009995-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009995-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009995-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009995-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009995-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009995.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Ruzanna holds her phone to show a reel, edited with The Gladiator theme song, which commemorates Armen Meliki Tsatryan, her brother. \u201cThe most painful moment was leaving cemeteries, because you don\u2019t know what they will do to those graves in the future,\u201d she says. Ruzanna\u2019s husband and brother, who both died during the first Nagorno-Karabakh war, are buried there.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcyMC1NZWdocmktTGFuZHNjYXBlLVJ1emFubmEtR2lvcmdpb19SMDAwOTk1OS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009959.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009959-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009959-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009959-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009959-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009959-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009959-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009959.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Syunik\u2019s green mountains, fertile land and geographical proximity to Nagorno-Karabakh remind Ruzanna of her homeland, known in Armenia as Artsakh.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODk2LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbWljaGVsZWNyZXN0YW5pLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMTBcL1NjcmVlbnNob3QtMjAyNS0xMC0wMy1hdC0xNS4xMC4wNC5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-15.10.04.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-15.10.04-300x202.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-15.10.04-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-15.10.04-1024x689.png 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-15.10.04-768x517.png 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-15.10.04-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Screenshot-2025-10-03-at-15.10.04.png 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Construction sites on the street approaching Nerkin Hand. Behind the trees in the foreground, the valley on the horizon is Nagorno-Karabakh.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOS1OZXJraW5IYW5kLVRzYXZfUjAwMDk3NzAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNGIwNGM4MSJ9\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009770.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009770-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009770-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009770-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009770-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009770-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009770-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009770.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"A view of the village of Tsev.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8wNi0xLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjRiMDRjODEifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06-1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/06-1.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Elmira runs the only bakery in Tsev, a village in Syunik, with a team of six. Her husband and two sons, aged 20 and 22, live in nearby Kapan.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8wNy5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/07.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/07-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/07-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/07-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/07-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/07-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/07-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/07.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Norik, leafing through his political dictionary, where he still draws information from as we do from Wikipedia. The dictionary is from 1927.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4NCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8wOC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/08.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Cerulean, with brown shades next to the iris: \u201cI like your eyes, Norik,\u201d I tell him. \u201cIt\u2019s the Armenian eyes,\u201d Norik Danielyan, 73-year-old resident from Nerkin-Hand, replies.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8wOS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/09.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"72-year-old Laura Khalapyan, the sole teacher in Nerkin-Hand, a village at the border with Azerbaijan home to less than 100, in her backyard. The mountain in the background is controlled by the Azerbaijanis. According to Laura, Azarbaijani outposts are hidden in the greenery.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOS1OZXJraW5IYW5kLVRzYXZfUjAwMDk2MTkuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNGIwNGM4MSJ9\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009619.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009619-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009619-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009619-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009619-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009619-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009619-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009619.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"The school of Nerkin Hand.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2NSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOS1OZXJraW5IYW5kLVRzYXZfUjAwMDk2NTAuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNGIwNGM4MSJ9\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009650.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009650-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009650-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009650-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009650-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009650-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009650-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009650.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"39-year-old Armen Gevorgyan, an automation engineer, at the entrance of a TUMO box, shipping containers converted into classrooms equipped with computers and internet.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOC1TT05ZLUthcGFuLUF2ZXRpcS1UVU1PLVNvY2Nlcl9fRFNDMTA5OC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1098.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1098-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1098-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1098-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1098-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1098-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1098-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1098.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"50-year-old Anush Mezhlumyan, the director of the TUMO hub of Kapan, in a TUMO box.\" 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https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1082-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1082-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1082-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1082.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Armen teaching his Java, HTML and web development class in a TUMO box.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3MywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOC1TT05ZLUthcGFuLUF2ZXRpcS1UVU1PLVNvY2Nlcl9fRFNDMTA4Ni5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1086.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1086-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1086-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1086-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1086-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1086-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1086-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1086.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Armen plays football with friends every Wednesday and Friday (right)\u2014most of them work in the IT sector. They unanimously consider Inter Milan\u2019s player Henrikh Mkhitaryan, perhaps the best Armenian soccer player of all time, at the same level as Lionel Messi.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOC1TT05ZLUthcGFuLUF2ZXRpcS1UVU1PLVNvY2Nlcl9fRFNDMTE0Mi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1142.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1142-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1142-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1142-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1142-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1142-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1142-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1142.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Kids playing football in downtown Kapan, the capital city of Syunik province.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOC1TT05ZLUthcGFuLUF2ZXRpcS1UVU1PLVNvY2Nlcl9fRFNDMTEwNi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1106.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1106-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1106-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1106-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1106-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1106-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1106-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1106.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"The Vahanavank Monastery.\" 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https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1032-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1032-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1032-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC1032.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"47-year old Father Avetiq Mardirosian, the spiritual leader of Vahanavank Monastery, stands in the garden. He knows the Quran and is familiar with Muslim customs: \u201cThey are the majority [in Kirkuk], but we were always very respected,\u201d he says. \u201cThere\u2019s holiness in Armenia, which I didn\u2019t feel in Iraq.\u201d\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOC1TT05ZLUthcGFuLUF2ZXRpcS1UVU1PLVNvY2Nlcl9fRFNDMDk5My5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0993.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0993-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0993-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0993-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0993-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0993-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0993-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0993.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Father Avetiq in his office.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOC1TT05ZLUthcGFuLUF2ZXRpcS1UVU1PLVNvY2Nlcl9fRFNDMDkzMi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0932.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0932-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0932-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0932-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0932-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0932-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0932-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-SONY-Kapan-Avetiq-TUMO-Soccer__DSC0932.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Believers in Tatev Monastery. During the Middle Ages, the Monastery hosted one of the most important Universities of Armenia, which remarkably contributed to the preservation of its culture. Today, Tatev Monastery is considered one of the two most important monasteries in Armenia, along with Noravank Monastery.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOC1SSUNPSC1UYXRldi1Sb2Fkc19SMDAwOTUzNi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009536.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009536-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009536-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009536-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009536-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009536-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009536-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009536.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Believers in Tatev Monastery. During the Middle Ages, the Monastery hosted one of the most important Universities of Armenia, which remarkably contributed to the preservation of its culture. Today, Tatev Monastery is considered one of the two most important monasteries in Armenia, along with Noravank Monastery.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA3OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOC1SSUNPSC1UYXRldi1Sb2Fkc19SMDAwOTUzMi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009532.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009532-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009532-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009532-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009532-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009532-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009532-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250718-RICOH-Tatev-Roads_R0009532.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"The Tatev Monastery with Nvard (left) and Seda (right), our guides.\" 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1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Construction sites for the Armenian North-South corridor road between Meghri and Kadjaran.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA1OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcyMS1NZWdocmlfUjAwMTAyMjIuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNGIwNGM4MSJ9\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010222.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010222-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" 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https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009854-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009854-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009854-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009854.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"A trucker heading North.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA1NywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcyMS1NZWdocmlfUjAwMTAyNzEuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNGIwNGM4MSJ9\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010271.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010271-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010271-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010271-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010271-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010271-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010271-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250721-Meghri_R0010271.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Iranian truckers take a break near the only Armenia-Iran land border checkpoint in Agarak.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA1OSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcyMC1NZWdocmktTGFuZHNjYXBlLVJ1emFubmEtR2lvcmdpb19SMDAxMDA4OC5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" 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Agarak is a town of roughly 5,000. The mine employs 1,200 workers.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2MiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcyMC1NZWdocmktTGFuZHNjYXBlLVJ1emFubmEtR2lvcmdpb19SMDAwOTk0Ny5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009947.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009947-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009947-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009947-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009947-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009947-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009947-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250720-Meghri-Landscape-Ruzanna-Giorgio_R0009947.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Mount Khustup, one of the symbols of Syunik. Garegin Nzhdedh, a national hero in Armenia, is buried on its summit. Following the collapse of the Russian Empire (1917) and the First Republic of Armenia (1918-1920), Garegin Nzhdedh established the Republic of Mountainous Armenia in 1921. As the Red Army and the Turkish troops advanced, the Republic of Mountainous Armenia resisted for a few months, sheltered in a land corresponding to\u2026 nowadays Syunik, which was the last Armenian bulwark before Soviet annexation.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2OCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8yMDI1MDcxOS1OZXJraW5IYW5kLVRzYXZfUjAwMDk1NzMuanBnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNGIwNGM4MSJ9\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009573.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009573-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009573-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009573-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009573-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009573-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009573-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/20250719-NerkinHand-Tsav_R0009573.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"The Aras River in Meghri. 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He built it facing the Aras river, which marks the border with Iran, after returning from a life spent in Saint Petersburgh.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4MSwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8zMS5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/31.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"66-year-old Ruben Kostandyan, a painter, in his studio in Kapan.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA4MCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21pY2hlbGVjcmVzdGFuaS5jb21cL3dwLWNvbnRlbnRcL3VwbG9hZHNcLzIwMjVcLzEwXC8zMi5qcGciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiI0YjA0YzgxIn0%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/32.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/32-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/32-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/32-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/32-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/32-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/32-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/32.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Shane Khachikyan runs a B&amp;B in Meghri since 2019, having moved from Yerevan to help the southern town grow. Her home \u2014 featuring what\u2019s said to be the oldest door in Armenia, from 1827 \u2014 once used a clever mechanism to signal when visitors were Iranian, so women inside could cover their veils.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6OTE5LCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczpcL1wvbWljaGVsZWNyZXN0YW5pLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNVwvMTBcLzMzLmpwZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjRiMDRjODEifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/33.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/33-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/33-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/33-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/33-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/33-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/33-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/michelecrestani.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/33.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"4b04c81\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"In Noravank Monastery, there\u2019s a tree growing amidst the rocks, facing the mountain slope. When Father Avetiq stood in the garden of Vahanavank Monastery, he said: \u201cDo you see the top branches of this tree? They are different than the trunk. Once they cut the top, but not the trunk. 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