Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church 10 — 11 cc․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Akhalkalak

Location

In the course of excavations, the remnants of a domed cruciform church (10th to 11th centuries) were unearthed at the northern extremity of the city site.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 56.

Historical Introduction
10 — 11 cc․

Architectural Description

This monument (exterior dimensions: 16.0 x 14.4 metres), whose walls are preserved to a maximum height of a metre, was built of undressed stone. Churches of such composition are rather rare in Javakhk (St. Stepanos Church of Ekhtila can be mentioned as a specimen of this type).

“ძეგლის მეგობარი”, 1976, N 40: «Մոլորակ», 1997, N 14, էջ 4: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, pp. 56-59.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Measurement
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch