Vardanyanneri House :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Vardanyanneri House 1898 y․

Georgia / Javakhk / Akhalkalak / Kumurdo

Description

As in almost all the places of their resettlement, the Armenians of Karin built a great number of hipped-roof (hazarashen) houses in Kumurdo. One of them dates back to 1898 and belongs to the Vardanians’ family. The year of its construction is engraved on the facade of the hearth of the glkhatun (a type of ancient, hipped-roof dwelling in the mountainous regions of Armenia).

Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 313.

1989 y․

During our visit to the village in 1989, the owner of the house, Saribek Vardanian, told us that it had been built by his grandfather Martiros Agha Vardanian. The constructors, Sargis and Tevos, were invited from Lomaturtskh.

In his large-scale work, entitled Архитектура грузинского народнго жилища дарбази (Тбилиси, 1984 г.) and devoted to the architectural features typical of Georgian residential buildings, Longinoz Sumbadze also dwells upon this house, groundlessly tracing it back to 1861. Furthermore, he declares this house, built by Armenians, as a specimen of Georgian folk architecture. For more details, see Կարապետյան Ս., Եթե Վրաստանում է, ուրեմն վրացակա՞ն է...– «Հայաստանի հանրապետություն», 1995, 6 օգոստոս, էջ 2: Karapetian. Samvel, Javakhk, Yerevan, 2011, p. 313.

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

An interior view of the glkhatun built by Agha Martiros Vardanian (reprinted from: Сумбадзе Л., Архитектура грузинского народнго жилища дарбази, Тбилиси, 1984)

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

Its hearthstone (reprinted from: Сумбадзе Л., Архитектура грузинского народнго жилища дарбази, Тбилиси, 1984)