Caves of Khndzoresk In the Syunik region,Armenia

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : AirVuz contributor and pilot johny kondakjian photography brings us this fantastic drone video of a stunning spot in southern Armenia. It was filmed around the town of Khndzoresk in Syunuk, a province which extends far to the south of the rest of the country and is almost surrounded by the territory of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Iran. Khndzoresk is located on the slopes of the Khor Dzor gorge, and is famous for its unique rock formations, some of which have been turned into artificial caves.

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here we go i'm back again after very long time ... Miss this platform so much . In the Syunik region, not far from the town of Goris is the village of Khndzoresk, which is known for the unique cave town located on the slope. The caves of Khndzoresk stretche almost 3 km along the gorge. Before the construction of the bridge, the cave town was isolated. Now there is a suspension bridge leading to the cave town. It is another attraction of Khndzoresk. In the cave town, there are more than 3000 “houses”. The town was unique in terms of inaccessibility for enemies. During the attacks, residents moved from residential caves to more impregnable, from where they repelled without giving the enemy a chance to attack. Thousand-year-old caves are the work of both nature and humans. Many of them were inhabited until the 1950s. Passing from one cave to the other it is difficult to imagine how people managed to live there without basic amenities, but at one time Old Khndzoresk was the most densely populated village in Armenia...