Spitakavor Church of St. Astvadzadzin, Monastery of the White Virgin Spitkakawor Church if St. Astvatzatzin; St. Astuacacin; Bolarajor; St. Karapet; Anapat; Boloraberd's Anapat; Gyugh Monastery Prosian, Eac'i; Amir Hassan II Convents Religious buildings Churches Religious communities Monasteries Spitakavor S. Astvatsatsin is a domed, cruciform planned church, built in 1321 by the Proshians, with a bell tower of 1330 and rich sculptural decoration. There are traces of a ruined 5th c. basilica. Remnants of a large gavit lie in the western part of the church with a tympanum relief depicting The Virgin and the Child, considered among the best in Armenian architecture. This same church was the original repository of a relief portrait of Prince Chacha with his son. Amir Asan (now in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia) and Amir Asan’s hunting scene (in the State Museum of Armenian History). The church is characterized by a very tall cylindrical drum topped by a very slender conical roof. The exterior walls are richly decorated with panels and geometric reliefs. The most remarkable one is the large cross on the east wall with its curiously designed irregular and asymmetric arms. The entrance portal of the church located on the west side is surmounted by a bas-relief representing the Virgin and Child. 1330 CE 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 Tufa A-0063 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Vernashen, Eghegnadzor region, Republic of Armenia 1321 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Spitakavor Church of St. Astvadzadzin, Monastery of the White Virgin
Spitkakawor Church if St. Astvatzatzin; St. Astuacacin; Bolarajor; St. Karapet; Anapat; Boloraberd's Anapat; Gyugh Monastery
Prosian, Eac'i; Amir Hassan II
Convents
Religious buildings
Churches
Religious communities
Monasteries
Spitakavor S. Astvatsatsin is a domed, cruciform planned church, built in 1321 by the Proshians, with a bell tower of 1330 and rich sculptural decoration. There are traces of a ruined 5th c. basilica. Remnants of a large gavit lie in the western part of the church with a tympanum relief depicting The Virgin and the Child, considered among the best in Armenian architecture. This same church was the original repository of a relief portrait of Prince Chacha with his son. Amir Asan (now in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia) and Amir Asan’s hunting scene (in the State Museum of Armenian History). The church is characterized by a very tall cylindrical drum topped by a very slender conical roof. The exterior walls are richly decorated with panels and geometric reliefs. The most remarkable one is the large cross on the east wall with its curiously designed irregular and asymmetric arms. The entrance portal of the church located on the west side is surmounted by a bas-relief representing the Virgin and Child.
1330 CE
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
Tufa
A-0063
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Vernashen, Eghegnadzor region, Republic of Armenia
1321 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council