Surb Step'anos of Agarak - Armenian monastery
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church, ruins, Armenian Apostolic church, place of worship
Armenian monastic complex founded in VII c. A.D. by Nerses Shinarar the catholicos of Armenia. At the unknown date after the Armenian genocide the monastery was demolished by Turks. The monastery had a few churches and many well carved khachkar-monuments (cross-stones) nearby. The main church one was Sourb Stephanos Basilica (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս) (Saint Stephanus). Cross-domed basilica's roof had been tiled, and dome's top was made of a spherical stone crowned with a cross. Many architectural fragments had been founded around the churches, including remains of a medieval stele with a statue of a woman holding a model of a basilica-church in her arms.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agarak_monastery
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Coordinates: 39°57'47"N 43°40'0"E
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