Takhunta Church :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Takhunta Church

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Kumurdo

Location

The semi-ruined church of Takhunta is located 3 kilometres north of Kumurdo.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 337.

Description

It represents a uni-nave monument entirely built of finely-finished stone and adjoined by an almost totally annihilated hall in the south. It is particularly remarkable for its reliefs of equal-winged crosses which are enclosed within circular frames and decorate its facing stones.

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 337.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1988 — 1989 yy․

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

Cross relief

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

Cross relief

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

Cross relief

Type Measurement
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch