Garni complex, pagan temple Garni temple; Garni fortress Tiridates I Temples Paganism Fortresses Greco-Roman Forts At the site of Garni a number of important constructions survive from three different periods. The oldest is fragments of a defensive wall around the locality dating to the first century BE. The second period is represented by the small temple of Garni, following the general design of a Greco-Roman temple. There is still some debate concerning the use of the building (temple or summer residence) and its date of construction (first or third century A.D.), but no argument about the elegance of its proportions or the skill of its decorative friezes. The temple remained standing until 1679 when it was destroyed during an earthquake. It was restored in the 1970s. The most recent architectural vestige at Garni is the bath, probably of the fourth century. Tirdates III 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 Sandstone A-0025 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture: (Zug, Switzerland, IDC, 1980) Armenian Garni village, Abovian region, Republic of Armenia 1st millenium BE - 1st century CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Garni complex, pagan temple
Garni temple; Garni fortress
Tiridates I
Temples
Paganism
Fortresses
Greco-Roman
Forts
At the site of Garni a number of important constructions survive from three different periods. The oldest is fragments of a defensive wall around the locality dating to the first century BE. The second period is represented by the small temple of Garni, following the general design of a Greco-Roman temple. There is still some debate concerning the use of the building (temple or summer residence) and its date of construction (first or third century A.D.), but no argument about the elegance of its proportions or the skill of its decorative friezes. The temple remained standing until 1679 when it was destroyed during an earthquake. It was restored in the 1970s. The most recent architectural vestige at Garni is the bath, probably of the fourth century.
Tirdates III
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
Sandstone
A-0025
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture: (Zug, Switzerland, IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Garni village, Abovian region, Republic of Armenia
1st millenium BE - 1st century CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council