Katosavank Monastery :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Katosavank Monastery 9 — 11 cc․

NKR / Kashatagh / Katos

Location

The said is proved by the ruins of a basilica, situated 1 km north of the village, on a low hill at the right bank of the Hochants.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 152.

Architectural Description
9 — 11 cc․

It was mainly built of coarse basalt and mortar (only corner stones were finely processed). The plan represented a rather narrow oblong quadrangle, stretched in east-west direction. The vault once supported by arches based on two pairs of pilasters was totally decayed. The main entrance was open in the southern facade, but there had been entrances in the western and southern walls too. Initially the sacristies were not included into the plan of the building. So the latter were later linked to the northern and southern sides of the church. It deserves a mention that the sacristies were not directly associated with the church from the inside. Owing to it, as well as to rather large dimensions (the southern sacristy - 7.60x3.50 cm, and the northern one -6.90x2,25 cm) the sacristies are more resemblant of chapels or small churches. The preserved walls (southern and northern walls are in better condition) were not inscribed. The church exterior is very strict and reserved. The only exception is the window framing on the southern facade. The width of the walls varies between 1.0-1.1 m. Dimensions are 16.7x6.9 m. Based on the planning, compositional and constructive peculiarities and comparative study of this church with other monuments of this type we may date it from the IX-XI cent.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 152-153:

Description

A number of cross-stones (10th to 11th cc.) are preserved near the monastery.

Kortoshian, Raffi. The Endangered Christian Armenian Heritage of Artsakh, Yerevan, 2022, p. 184.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1994 y․

Type Photo
View Partial view
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1994 y․

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan

The window opening from the southern facade of Katosavank

Type Photo
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetian
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Photo
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan

Author Samvel Karapetyan