Chapel :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Chapel 12 — 13 cc․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Chanakhchi

Location

It is located on the flat top of a lofty, steep mountain rising in the south of the village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 143.

Historical Introduction

The only remnants of the other chapel comprise its walls, which are preserved to a height of 2 metres, their surviving parts being bare of any inscriptions.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 143.

12 c․

The sanctuary, whose construction peculiarities trace it back to the 12th to 13th centuries, was built of undressed blocks of stone and mortar.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 143.

Architectural Description

It represented a uni-nave vaulted structure, with its entrance in the west, and its only window opening in the east, i.e. into the horseshoe-shaped bema.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 143.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Measurement
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

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