St. Arak'eloc' Church of Kars Medieval St. Arak'elots' Church; Church of the Holy Apostles; the Cathedral of Kars King Abas I Bagratuni Churches Religious buildings Museums Mosques The Holy Apostles CHurch is a centrally planned, domed tetraconch: four apses open out from a central square bay, above which is a large dome resting on a circular drum. The transition from the square floorplan to the circular dome is accomplished via squinches above each corner of the square. The structure is built of cut stone blocks that face a rubble concrete core. The interior is lit by 12 windows in the drum, and by windows in each apse and in the walls adjoining the north and south apses. There are also porthole windows in the walls adjoining the south and east apses. Small rooms, probably chapels, flank the altar apse. This cathedral is very similar in design to the mid 7th century Armenian church of St. John in Mastara. 1890; 1999 1982 Images Digital Tiff; Jpeg2000 A-2018 Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980) Armenian Kars, Kars Province, Turkey 10th century CE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council
St. Arak'eloc' Church of Kars
Medieval
St. Arak'elots' Church; Church of the Holy Apostles; the Cathedral of Kars
King Abas I Bagratuni
Churches
Religious buildings
Museums
Mosques
The Holy Apostles CHurch is a centrally planned, domed tetraconch: four apses open out from a central square bay, above which is a large dome resting on a circular drum. The transition from the square floorplan to the circular dome is accomplished via squinches above each corner of the square. The structure is built of cut stone blocks that face a rubble concrete core. The interior is lit by 12 windows in the drum, and by windows in each apse and in the walls adjoining the north and south apses. There are also porthole windows in the walls adjoining the south and east apses. Small rooms, probably chapels, flank the altar apse. This cathedral is very similar in design to the mid 7th century Armenian church of St. John in Mastara.
1890; 1999
1982
Images
Digital
Tiff; Jpeg2000
A-2018
Parsegian, V.L.. Armenian Architecture (Zug, Switzerland; IDC, 1980)
Armenian
Kars, Kars Province, Turkey
10th century CE
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY; Armenian Educational Council