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DERELICT TZIRANAVOR CHURCH NOT SLATED FOR RENOVATION
Sona Avagyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24791/derelict-tziranavor-church-not-slated-for-renovation.html
16:08, March 25, 2013
The Tziranavor Church (5th-6th centuries) in the vicinity of the town
of Ashtarak isn't included in the list of cultural monuments to be
restored by the Armenian government.
The Agency for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments,
attached to the Ministry of Culture, informed Hetq that government
funds are mainly being allocated to sites that are currently undergoing
either renovation or those on the verge of collapse.
The church is a rectangular schemed basilica, with the horseshoe-like
altar, and there are two chambers to the left and the right side. It
was built by Catholicos Nerses II of Bagrevand.
It has been renovated several times over the centuries.
During the later centuries, the northern and western walls were doubled
and strengthened. The inside is a remarkable double window. On the
eastern facade of the church there are remnants of a teeth-like
lattice.
The old basilica was surrounded by walls, which made the whole
construction mansion-shape looking. Because the church was built at
the edge of the Kasagh River canyon, it also played a defensive role.
Today, the church is crumbling and lacks a roof.
This is a Soviet-era descriptive plaque that still stands on the
church wall.
Rubbish and graffiti mar the inside and walls of the church.
The Kasagh Bridge and river as seen from the church above.
Sona Avagyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24791/derelict-tziranavor-church-not-slated-for-renovation.html
16:08, March 25, 2013
The Tziranavor Church (5th-6th centuries) in the vicinity of the town
of Ashtarak isn't included in the list of cultural monuments to be
restored by the Armenian government.
The Agency for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments,
attached to the Ministry of Culture, informed Hetq that government
funds are mainly being allocated to sites that are currently undergoing
either renovation or those on the verge of collapse.
The church is a rectangular schemed basilica, with the horseshoe-like
altar, and there are two chambers to the left and the right side. It
was built by Catholicos Nerses II of Bagrevand.
It has been renovated several times over the centuries.
During the later centuries, the northern and western walls were doubled
and strengthened. The inside is a remarkable double window. On the
eastern facade of the church there are remnants of a teeth-like
lattice.
The old basilica was surrounded by walls, which made the whole
construction mansion-shape looking. Because the church was built at
the edge of the Kasagh River canyon, it also played a defensive role.
Today, the church is crumbling and lacks a roof.
This is a Soviet-era descriptive plaque that still stands on the
church wall.
Rubbish and graffiti mar the inside and walls of the church.
The Kasagh Bridge and river as seen from the church above.