Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church 17 — 18 cc․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Martunashen

Description

This village site retains the ruins of a church and a cemetery: “To the west of the village stands a small church bare of inscriptions. It is surrounded by the remnants of some earthen buildings which are believed to have been once inhabited by 50 houses of potters.”

“Nor-Dar,” 1894, No. 73, p. 3.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 408.

Architectural Description

The church of Brtishen represents a uni-nave vaulted building of undressed stone and mortar, with the cornerstones of its entrance finely-finished. The part of the sanctuary adjoining its bema is in a comparatively better state of preservation, but the rest of the monument has survived to a height of 2 metres. The only entrance of the church, which has a vestry in the south of the bema, opens from its northern facade.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 409-410.

Historical Introduction
17 — 18 cc․

Its composition and building peculiarities trace it back to the period between the 17th and 18th centuries.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 410.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Measurement
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

The plan of the church of the village site of Brtishen (Dulus)