Dvin, capital city of early medieval Armenia Dwin; Duin; Ostan-Duenoy; Doubios; Dabil Chosroes III Forts Capital cities Land settlement Basilicas Temples Dvin is located North of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, on the banks of Metsamor river, 35 km to the south of modern Yerevan. Systematic excavations of Dvin are being conducted since 1937 and have produced an abundance of materials which shed light into the culture of Armenia from the 5th to the 13th centuries. Excavations have revealed the layout of Dvin followed the pattern of Armenia's ancient fortified settlements. Double town walls were fortified with large round towers, and the citadel had a moat. Inside the compound is the massive foundation of a basilica built in the 5th century, dedicated to St. Gregory the Illuminator, and a smaller, later, centrally planned church built inside it. The Cathedral of St. Grigor was monumental, built in the 3rd century as a three-nave heathen temple with seven pairs of inner supports, it was rebuilt in the 4th century as a Christian church with a pentahedral altar apse protruding sharply on its eastern side. In the the 5th century an outside arched gallery was added. In the the 7th century the cathedral was rebuilt into a cross-winged domed temple. Xosrov Kotak 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 Tufa with lime mortar A-0016 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture: (Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1980) Armenian Dvin, Artasat region, Republic of Armenia 4th century to 1225 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Armenian Educational Council
Dvin, capital city of early medieval Armenia
Dwin; Duin; Ostan-Duenoy; Doubios; Dabil
Chosroes III
Forts
Capital cities
Land settlement
Basilicas
Temples
Dvin is located North of the previous ancient capital of Armenia, the city of Artaxata, on the banks of Metsamor river, 35 km to the south of modern Yerevan. Systematic excavations of Dvin are being conducted since 1937 and have produced an abundance of materials which shed light into the culture of Armenia from the 5th to the 13th centuries. Excavations have revealed the layout of Dvin followed the pattern of Armenia's ancient fortified settlements. Double town walls were fortified with large round towers, and the citadel had a moat. Inside the compound is the massive foundation of a basilica built in the 5th century, dedicated to St. Gregory the Illuminator, and a smaller, later, centrally planned church built inside it. The Cathedral of St. Grigor was monumental, built in the 3rd century as a three-nave heathen temple with seven pairs of inner supports, it was rebuilt in the 4th century as a Christian church with a pentahedral altar apse protruding sharply on its eastern side. In the the 5th century an outside arched gallery was added. In the the 7th century the cathedral was rebuilt into a cross-winged domed temple.
Xosrov Kotak
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
Tufa with lime mortar
A-0016
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture: (Zug, Switzerland: IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Dvin, Artasat region, Republic of Armenia
4th century to 1225 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Armenian Educational Council