Armenia 🇦🇲, natural monument "Symphony of Stones"

Not far from Yerevan there is a unique natural monument "Symphony of Stones". This attraction is located on one of the most popular tourist routes, but because of the bad road, guides often avoid it.

The object is a gorge, the rocks of which consist of huge basalt pillars hanging above the ground at a height of about 50 meters. Their special shape in the form of hexagons and vertical arrangement are very similar to the pipes of the organ, in connection with which the monument has received several names — "Stone Organ", "Basalt organ", but is better known as "Symphony of Stones". Also, some tourists compare poles with pencils.

The main version of the origin of the "Symphony of Stones" is volcanic activity. Scientists agree that the unusual shape of basalt pillars was formed during natural processes and subsequent rock collapses.