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Church 12 — 13 cc․

NKR / Kashatagh / Arekli

Location
1983 y․

1,5 km south of the Lower Arekli village, on the southern slope of a long cape stepping into the canyon, there are the ruins of a medieval settlement, a cemetery and a church, which had been blown up in 1983.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 162.
See the photograph in "Documenti di Architettura Armenia. GHARABAGH", N 19, Milano, 1988, p. 80.

Architectural Description
12 — 13 yy․

This old settlement, situated on the altitude of 1510-1540 m had been exposed to numerous acts of vandalism, the worst of which was the explosion of 1983. Presently, only the central arch of the vault is preserved of the single nave basilica. The altar apse was planned as a horseshoe without sacristies. The church was built of coarse stone and mortar, plastered inside. Dimensions were 12.30 x 5.20 m; the walls were 90 cm wide. By composition and building technique the church presumably belonged to the XII-XIII cent. It seems, this church had also been built on the foundation of an older church.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, pp. 162-163. The local Kurds during my first trip of 1985 provided this information.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan

The church in 1985

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

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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Type Photo
Direction From the north
Author Samvel Karapetyan

Author Samvel Karapetyan

Author Artak Ghulian