Ani: St. Arak'elots' Church Ani: Church of the Holy Apostles; St. Arak'eloc' Unknown Churches Religious buildings Quatrefoils The date of its construction is not known, but the earliest dated inscription on its walls is from 1031. It was founded by the Pahlavuni family and was used by the archbishops of Ani (many of whom belonged to that dynasty). It has a plan of a type called an inscribed quatrefoil with corner chambers. Only fragments remain of the church, but a narthex with spectacular stonework, built against the south side of the church, is still partially intact. It dates from the early 13th century. A number of other halls, chapels, and shrines once surrounded this church. Pahlawuni family Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2151 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Ani, Kars Ili province, Doğu Anadolu region,Turkey 1031 CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
Ani: St. Arak'elots' Church
Ani: Church of the Holy Apostles; St. Arak'eloc'
Unknown
Churches
Religious buildings
Quatrefoils
The date of its construction is not known, but the earliest dated inscription on its walls is from 1031. It was founded by the Pahlavuni family and was used by the archbishops of Ani (many of whom belonged to that dynasty). It has a plan of a type called an inscribed quatrefoil with corner chambers. Only fragments remain of the church, but a narthex with spectacular stonework, built against the south side of the church, is still partially intact. It dates from the early 13th century. A number of other halls, chapels, and shrines once surrounded this church.
Pahlawuni family
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2151
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Ani, Kars Ili province, Doğu Anadolu region,Turkey
1031 CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council