Amenaprkich Monastery (Gazanchy)

Amenaprkich Monastery
Ամենափրկիչ Վանք
LocationQazançı, Nakhchivan
CountryAzerbaijan
DenominationArmenian Apostolic Church
History
StatusDestroyed
Founded12–13th centuries
Architecture
StyleDomed basilica
Demolished1997–2009

Amenaprkich Monastery was an Armenian monastery in Gazanchy village (Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan.[1] The monastery was located in the center of the village.[1][2]

History

The monastery was founded in the 12–13th centuries and was rebuilt in 1654, according to an Armenian inscription on a khachkar set above the lintel of the doorway.[2][3]

Architecture

In the late Soviet years, the outer walls of the monastery complex, the porch attached to the church, and other associated buildings were in ruins. It was a basilica structure consisting of a nave with two aisles, an apse and two vestries. The western facade bore an Armenian inscription while interior walls had fragments of wall painting.[2][3]

Destruction

The monastery was razed to ground at some point between 1997 and November 11, 2009, as documented by investigation of the Caucasus Heritage Watch.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 200–203. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Ayvazyan, Argam. The Historical Monuments of Nakhichevan. Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 85.
  3. ^ a b Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, pp. 72–73.