Akdamar Kilisesi
ChurchGevaş, Van
38.3417°N · 43.0353°E
- Built
- 915
- Style
- Armenian architecture
- Status
- Tentative World Heritage Site
Akdamar Kilisesi is a church in Gevaş; The Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar Island in Lake Van is a medieval Armenian Apostolic cathedral.
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- 38.3417°N · 43.0353°E
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The Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar Island in Lake Van is a medieval Armenian Apostolic cathedral. It was built between 915 and 921 by the architect Manuel on the orders of King Gagik I as a palatine church for the kings of Vaspurakan, and later served as the seat of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar. Today it functions as a museum.
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