Sourb Astvatzatzin Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Sourb Astvatzatzin Church

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Garnaker

Architectural Description

The church (exterior dimensions: 9.25 x 6.4 metres), built of undressed stone and mortar, represents a uni-nave vaulted basilica. It is illuminated through four narrow windows widening inside, each of them opening from one of the four facades of the monument. Its only entrance connects it with a gavit of rectangular plan which adjoins it in the west.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 486.

Historical Introduction
15 — 17 cc․

The walls of Sourb Astvatzatzin Church bear some cross-stones (they date from the 15th to 17th centuries) which are inscribed.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 487.

Khachkar

Rectangular Grave-Stone