Mren Cathedral Saharuni, David Cathedrals Religious buildings Churches Early Medieval The Mren cathedral is rectangular in plan, and takes the form of a domed basilica but with a pronounced cruciform character that is expressed on the exterior as well as the interior. Large sections of the original facing have been reconstructed at a later period; into these newer sections have been embedded an impressive selection of highly ornate khatchkars: Most of these khatchkars are on the eastern and southern walls, both outside and inside. There are four entrances into the church. The main entrance is on the west façade, there is another on the north façade that is surmounted by an ocular window, and there are two more entrances on the south facade. The eastern-most of the two southern entrances appears have been walled up at an early date. Kamsarakan, Nerseh Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2176 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Mirini-Karabal, Kars Ili Province, Doğu Anadolu Region, Turkey 629-639 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Mren Cathedral
Saharuni, David
Cathedrals
Religious buildings
Churches
Early Medieval
The Mren cathedral is rectangular in plan, and takes the form of a domed basilica but with a pronounced cruciform character that is expressed on the exterior as well as the interior. Large sections of the original facing have been reconstructed at a later period; into these newer sections have been embedded an impressive selection of highly ornate khatchkars: Most of these khatchkars are on the eastern and southern walls, both outside and inside. There are four entrances into the church. The main entrance is on the west façade, there is another on the north façade that is surmounted by an ocular window, and there are two more entrances on the south facade. The eastern-most of the two southern entrances appears have been walled up at an early date.
Kamsarakan, Nerseh
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2176
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Mirini-Karabal, Kars Ili Province, Doğu Anadolu Region, Turkey
629-639 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council