Tsitsernavank ( armenian Ծիծեռնավանք ) - Armenian [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] monastery in Transcaucasia . According to the administrative-territorial division of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , which actually controls the monastery, it is located in the Tsitsernavank village of the Kashatag region of the NKR , according to the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Azerbaijan - in the Lachin region of Azerbaijan . The monastery is located on the northwestern outskirts of the village of Gyusyulu (now Agoglan / Tsitsernavank) on the right bank of the Ahmedli River (Agoglan) [13] , 5 km from the Syunik region of Armenia .
| Monastery | |
| Tsitsernavank | |
|---|---|
| arm Ծիծեռնավանք | |
 | |
| A country | Nagorno-Karabakh Republic [1] / Azerbaijan [1] |
| Area | Kashatagsky [2] / Lachinsky [3] |
| Denomination | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Diocese | Artsakh |
| Architectural style | |
| Established | IV — VI centuries |
Content
History
It dates back to the 4th – 6th centuries and is recognized as an Armenian example of an oriental architectural type [8] . According to legend, the name was built on the site of a pagan temple: “Tsitsernak” in Armenian means “swallow”, and the cult of swallow in pre-Christian Armenia was one of the most common.
It was located in the Achaechk Gavar province of Syunik . The only surviving church of St. George the Victorious , made of clean hewn stone, was opened after restoration in 1999-2000. [14] The territory of the monastery was once surrounded by a wall, from which remained in the western part of the gate. Several vaulted rooms adjoin the south, and a medieval Armenian cemetery is located in the north of the monastery.
The appearance of the monastery
Monastery interior
Stamp of Azerbaijan with the image of the monastery "Agoglan"
Literature
- Paolo Cuneo. La basilique de Tsitsernakavank (Cicernakavank) dans le Karabagh. - Paris: Revue de Etudes Armeniennes, 1967 .-- T. 4.
- M. Asratyan. Tsitsernavank. - Vneshtorgizdat, 1990. - 16 p.
- Patrick Donabédian, Jean-Michel Thierry. Les Arts arméniens. - Paris: Citadelle & Mazenod, 1989 .-- S. 509. - 623 p. - ISBN 978-2850880223 .
- H. Shirakuni. Zangezursky uzdz of the Elizabethpol province.
Links
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 According to the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan , the territory controlled by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is part of the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The de facto Nagorno-Karabakh Republic is an unrecognized state , most of which is not controlled by Azerbaijan.
- ↑ According to the administrative-territorial division of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
- ↑ According to the administrative-territorial division of Azerbaijan
- ↑ Paolo Cuneo . La basilique de Tsitsernavank dans le Karabagh // Revue des Études Arméniennes. - Paris, 1967. - T. IV . - S. 203-216 .
- ↑ Adriano Alpago Novello . Architettura Armena - Catalogo della Mostra di Architettura Armena tenuta a Bergamo, presso il Palazzo della Ragione. - Torino, 1975.
Churches IV - VII centuries. at the 1975 exhibition.
Adriano Alpago Novello.
Armenian architecture - Catalog of the exhibition of Armenian architecture in Bergamo, near the Palazzo region, June 28 - June 30, 1975 - Ages Arti Grafich spa - Turin.
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Cisernavank ...Original text (Italian)Selezione delle chiese dal IV al VII secolo presentate alla mostra del '75Adriano alpago novello
in ARCHITETTURA ARMENA - Catalogo della MOSTRA DI ARCHITETTURA ARMENA tenuta a Bergamo, presso il Palazzo della Ragione, 28 giugno-30 luglio 1975 - Ages Arti Grafiche spa - Torino.
Jijernavank ...
... - ↑ Tom Sinclair. Architecture: Armenian Monasteries // Encyclopedia of Monasticism / Associate Editors John W. Barker, Gail Geiger, Richard Lansing. - Routledge , 2013 .-- P. 54.
- ↑ E. G. Bee . Armenian monuments in the territory of the Azerbaijan SSR // Transactions of the Department of the East. - L. , 1940 .-- T. 3 . - S. 253 .
- ↑ 1 2 Thais.it - Architettura Armena (Italian)
The hypotheses of the origin of Ereruk are different (see Alpago Novello's remarks on this subject, “the basilica of Ereruk, critical notes”, in Documenti di Architectura Armena 9, Milan 1977) and strongly recommend visiting this building, and not purely Armenian examples of the “eastern” type such as Tsitsernavank, Ashtarak and Aparan-K'azah, limiting Syrian influence on elements and decoration.
Original textThe hypotheses about the roof at Ereruk are diverse (see Alpago Novello with regard to this, “the basilica of Ereruk, critical notes”, in Documenti di Architectura Armena 9, Milan 1977)) strongly proposing a visit to this building rather than the native Armenian examples of an “oriental” type such as in Tzitzernavank, Ashtarak and Aparan-K'asagh, limiting the Syriac influence on the elements and decoration. - ↑ State Museum of Architecture named after A.V. Shchusev Archived on September 5, 2009.
- ↑ Tsitsernavank Archived on July 30, 2007.
- ↑ Armenia // Orthodox Encyclopedia . - 2001. - T. III. - S. 286-322.
- ↑ California State University. Index of Armenian Art: Armenian Architecture. Archived on September 28, 2013.
- ↑ 1975 Map of the Year
- ↑ St. George the Victorious Day was celebrated in Tsitsernavanka, Kavkaz.Memo.Ru, 09/29/2003