Mianav Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Mianav Church 1283 — 1293 yy․

NKR / Karvajar / Dadivank

Architectural Description

Contrary to its small width (3.75 m) the church was very high (7.30 m up to the centre of the vault).

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 97.

Description

These structures were built upon the completion of Saint Dadi Church and the Cathedral (1214) may be even the bell tower. A single nave basilica and the parvis were attached to the whole southern wall of St. Dad church.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 97.

1283 — 1293 yy․

Consequently the basilica was also built between 1283-1293 together with the parvis linked to it from the west.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 97.

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Author Samvel Karapetyan
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