Zvartnotz Cathedral Zvart'nots'; Zuart'noc'; Cathedral of the Angels Katholicos Nerses III. Circular churches Religious buildings The church was destroyed in the 10th century and was not excavated until 1901-1907. Only the foundations, portions of the vaulting and walls, some capitals, bases and sections of piers and columns, and fragments of reliefs survive. Erected on a stepped platform, the large, circular, domed church built of tuff had an outer, continuous ambulatory which enclosed an inner quatrefoil defined by four huge piers. Each foil was comprised of six columns except for the eastern hemicycle which had a solid wall. The massive central cupola was set on pendentives and also with the use of squinches, was supported by arches which joined the four piers and which were buttressed by the semidome vaults of the foils. 1901; 1971 CE 1982 Images Digital Tiffs and jp2s Tufa facing masonry rubble A-0006 Parsegian, V.L.. (Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1980) Armenian Valarshapat, Ejmiadzin region, Republic of Armenia 650-659 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council.
Zvartnotz Cathedral
Zvart'nots'; Zuart'noc'; Cathedral of the Angels
Katholicos Nerses III.
Circular churches
Religious buildings
The church was destroyed in the 10th century and was not excavated until 1901-1907. Only the foundations, portions of the vaulting and walls, some capitals, bases and sections of piers and columns, and fragments of reliefs survive. Erected on a stepped platform, the large, circular, domed church built of tuff had an outer, continuous ambulatory which enclosed an inner quatrefoil defined by four huge piers. Each foil was comprised of six columns except for the eastern hemicycle which had a solid wall. The massive central cupola was set on pendentives and also with the use of squinches, was supported by arches which joined the four piers and which were buttressed by the semidome vaults of the foils.
1901; 1971 CE
1982
Images
Digital
Tiffs and jp2s
Tufa facing masonry rubble
A-0006
Parsegian, V.L.. (Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Valarshapat, Ejmiadzin region, Republic of Armenia
650-659 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council.