Adır Adası

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Coordinates: 38 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  N , 43 ° 21 ′ 0 ″  E

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Adır Adası​
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The monastery seen from the northeast.

Adır Adası , formerly Lim ( Armenian Լիմ կղզի Lim kghzi ) is an island in Lake Van in eastern Turkey . During the Armenian genocide in 1915, up to 12,000 Armenian women and children fled to the island within three days.

The Armenian Apostolic St. George Monastery ( Sourp Kevork ) was built in 1305 and expanded in 1621 and 1766, it currently only consists of ruins. The island also contains a cemetery made up of Armenian kachkars .

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  • Armenian Monastery Lim 2009

  • Armenian monastery Lim

  • Armenian Monastery Lim 2009

  • Armenian lettering on the monastery

See also

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  1. ↑ a b c A Pilgrimage to Lake Van (PDF; 927 kB) EasternTurkeyTours. Retrieved May 25, 2013.