St. Stepanos Nakhavka Vank' Monastery of St. Stephen the Protomartyr; St. Step'anos Naxavkayi Vank'; St. Step'anos Nakhavkayi Vank'; Malat'ay Vank'; Sambi St. Naxavkayi Vank'; Darasambi Vank' Unknown Monasteries Religious buildings Bell towers Churches According to legend, the Monastery of St. Step'anos Nakhavka Vank' was established by the Apostle Bartholomew and the Protomartyr St. Stephen. The monastery enclosure has a rectangular plan with circular towers along its walls. The main entrance is on the west. The monastery is divied into three sections along a north/south axis. In the northern section is the main church, a bell tower to its south and a smaller church situated between the main church and the northern boundary wall. Externally the main church is rectangular in plan and internally cruciform in plan. The cupola rests on a drum having 16 side covered by an umbrella-shaped roof. The cruciform interior has three polygonal apses. The chuch has only one portal, which is entered from the first floor of the bell tower located on its south side. The smaller churchis dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It consists of an ogival avulted hall with a flat roof and five archways. King Asot III Vardapet, Martiros Vardapet, Hakob Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 Sandstone C-0010 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Azerbaijan Province, Iran 14th, 17th and 20th centuries CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
St. Stepanos Nakhavka Vank'
Monastery of St. Stephen the Protomartyr; St. Step'anos Naxavkayi Vank'; St. Step'anos Nakhavkayi Vank'; Malat'ay Vank'; Sambi St. Naxavkayi Vank'; Darasambi Vank'
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Monasteries
Religious buildings
Bell towers
Churches
According to legend, the Monastery of St. Step'anos Nakhavka Vank' was established by the Apostle Bartholomew and the Protomartyr St. Stephen. The monastery enclosure has a rectangular plan with circular towers along its walls. The main entrance is on the west. The monastery is divied into three sections along a north/south axis. In the northern section is the main church, a bell tower to its south and a smaller church situated between the main church and the northern boundary wall. Externally the main church is rectangular in plan and internally cruciform in plan. The cupola rests on a drum having 16 side covered by an umbrella-shaped roof. The cruciform interior has three polygonal apses. The chuch has only one portal, which is entered from the first floor of the bell tower located on its south side. The smaller churchis dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul. It consists of an ogival avulted hall with a flat roof and five archways.
King Asot III
Vardapet, Martiros
Vardapet, Hakob
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
Sandstone
C-0010
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Azerbaijan Province, Iran
14th, 17th and 20th centuries CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council