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Revision as of 20:45, 13 December 2007 by Andranikpasha (talk | contribs) (expanding)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Tzitzernavank (Dzidzernavank) Monastery (Template:Lang-hy, Swallows Monastery) is an Armenian Apostolic Church monastery located in Lachin district and situated in the contested Nagorno-Karabakh oblast of Azerbaijan.
The monastery dates from the 4th - 6th centuries and recognized as a native Armenian example of an “oriental” architectural type . Being an oriental three-nave basilica, like most of those in Armenia of V-VI centuries , Tzitzernavank's central nave is only slightly taller than the lateral naves, from which it is separated by two courses of pilasters. The plan is similar to a series of Armenian basilicas like Ererouk, Eghvard, Dvin, Ashtarak (Ciranavor), Tekor - in that it had an interior composed of three aisles or naves, the central and largest one of which was separated from the others by pillars which also helped support the roof.
The church of St. Gregory was reopened after a restoration in 1999-2000 .
Publications
- P. Cuneo, La basiliąuede Cicernavank dans le Karabagh, „Revues des Etudes Armeniennes NS”, IV: 1967, s. 203-216 (in French).
Links
- Tzitzernavank, The Armenian Studies Program, Csufresno.edu
- Dzidzernavank, Adriano Alpago Novello, ARCHITETTURA ARMENA - Catalogo della MOSTRA DI ARCHITETTURA ARMENA tenuta a Bergamo, presso il Palazzo della Ragione, 1975 - Torino
- Photoes of Tzitzernavank at RAA official site
- 1700 years of Christian Armenia / Tsitsernavank (in Russian)
References
- Thais.it - Architettura Armena
- Orthodox encyclopedia, ed. by the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Alexius II, article "Armenia"
- IN SEARCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE EREROUK BASILICA, by Dickran Kouymjian, Armenian Studies, Csufresno.edu
- В Цицернаванке праздновали день Святого Георгия Победоносца, Kavkaz.Memo.Ru, 29/9/2003 (in Russian)
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