Haghbat Monastery Halbat Monastery; Haghpat Monastery; Haghbat monastery of St. Nshan Attributed to King Abbas Bagratuni Monasteries Religious buildings Medieval Fortresses Bell towers According to documentary sources the monastery of St. Nshan was founded in 976 AD and the fortress of Kalan was built to protect it in 1233 AD. Haghbat was founded by the royal Bagratuni dynasty and it eventually became a spiritual center of the Kiurikians. St. Nshan Monastery of Haghbat consists of a number of structures which were built at various times between the 10th and the 13th centuries. Most prominent are the main church of St. Nshan, the gavit, the two small churches of St. Gregory and St. Astvatsatsin, the gavit or zhamatun of Bishop Hamazasp, a large hall linking these to the library, a refectory, a bell tower, mausolea and several khachkars. Situated outside the walls are other khachkars and the Haghbat fountain or spring house. 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-0035 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Lori district, Alaverdi region, Republic of Armenia Armenian 976 CE -13th century CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Haghbat Monastery
Halbat Monastery; Haghpat Monastery; Haghbat monastery of St. Nshan
Attributed to King Abbas Bagratuni
Monasteries
Religious buildings
Medieval
Fortresses
Bell towers
According to documentary sources the monastery of St. Nshan was founded in 976 AD and the fortress of Kalan was built to protect it in 1233 AD. Haghbat was founded by the royal Bagratuni dynasty and it eventually became a spiritual center of the Kiurikians. St. Nshan Monastery of Haghbat consists of a number of structures which were built at various times between the 10th and the 13th centuries. Most prominent are the main church of St. Nshan, the gavit, the two small churches of St. Gregory and St. Astvatsatsin, the gavit or zhamatun of Bishop Hamazasp, a large hall linking these to the library, a refectory, a bell tower, mausolea and several khachkars. Situated outside the walls are other khachkars and the Haghbat fountain or spring house.
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-0035
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Lori district, Alaverdi region, Republic of Armenia
Armenian
976 CE -13th century CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council