The main church Church :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

The main church Church

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Dastapor

Architectural Description

The main church of this “pair” represents a large, three-nave, vaulted structure (exterior dimensions: 24.25 x 10.90 metres) extending east-westward. It is entirely built of undressed stone and mortar, except for its most important junctions where the stones are finely-cut. The northern wall of the sanctuary, whose entrance opens in the south, outwardly clings to a bare rock. The building, whose interior is thoroughly plastered, is distinguished for its rectangular bema, adjoined by sacristies on both sides. The vault-bearing arches rest on three pairs of pillars, two of those in the southern row having been deliberately destroyed. Light penetrates into the monument through eight windows widening inside: three of them open from the eastern facade, one from the western (it later closed), and four from the southern one. The architectural forms of the church are marked by certain disproportion: its western wall has a slanting position, and the aisles are not of equal width.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 146-147.

Lapidary Inscriptions

Below follow the inscription preserved on some cross-stones set in the interior walls of the church.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 147.

Monuments

A simple cross-stone (38 x 38 x 11 centimetres) with undressed sides lies near the church: it is bare of any inscriptions.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 147.

Type Photo
Direction From the south-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
Direction From the east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Partial view
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

A partial view of the southern facade of the church

Type Photo
View Interior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Measurement
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Sketch

Type Photo
Direction From the south-west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Interior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Interior
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․