Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Church 17 — 18 cc․

NKR / Kashunik / Basharat / Amutegh

Description
17 — 18 cc․

The church was presumably built in the late 17th -early 18th cent.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 188.

Architectural Description

It is a single nave vaulted basilica built of lime-stone and mortar. The cornerstones of the only entrance open in the western facade are finely processed. The altar apse is quadrangular. The church was not inscribed. Its external dimensions are 7.67 x 4.79 m.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 188.

Historical Introduction

The sanctuary of Amutegh was the main place of pilgrimage of the residents of Harar before it was emptied of Armenians.

"Nor Dar", 1899, N 63, p. 3 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 188.

Description

Bishop Barkhutariants, one of the first to describe the site, remarked, that “this church standing on top the mount is surrounded by stone and mortar wall, has considerable dimensions and a remarkable view...” It should be mentioned that provided for the “remarkable view” neither of the above description corresponded to the reality. Probably, the investigator based on the description of other people who were not quite well informed.

M. Bishop Barkhutariants, Artsakh, Baku, 1895, pp. 401-402.
S. Karapetian, Newly Discovered Monuments of Ghubatli. "Hayreniki Dzayn", 1994, N 15, June 2-8 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 188.

Type Photo
Direction From the south-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Photo
Direction From the north-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Photo
Direction From the north-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan

Type Photo
Direction From the south-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan

Author Sasun Danielian
Date 2017 y․