Sourb Amenaprkich (Holy Savior) monastery | christianity, wall(s), destroyed, Armenian Apostolic church

Azerbaijan / Culfa /
 christianity, wall(s), monastery, destroyed, Armenian Apostolic church
Sourb Amenaprkich Monastery (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ վանք) was Armenian monastery of 9th to 10th centuries located near the left bank of Araxes river near the village of Jugha (now Gyulistan), about 1 km east of the purely Armenian inhabited city with a population of about 50.000 that prior to deportation organized by Persian Shah Abbas in 1604 was also called Jugha (now Julfa city). Remains of the Holy Saviour Monastery can hardly discerned in a Google Earth photo of 2003, wich suggests that it was leveled to ground in 1990-2000 period by Azeris. Another Google Earth photo (2016) shows the site as absolutely devastated, without a single vestige of the monastery left.
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Coordinates:   38°59'3"N   45°35'10"E
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