Mren Cathedral
The Cathedral of Mren ( Armenian տաճար Մրենի , Russian Мренский собор ) is built in the 7th century Armenian church in the district Digor the Kars region in Turkey . It was looted and destroyed during the Turkish-Armenian War in 1920.
Mren Cathedral is located on the border with Armenia , about 1.5 kilometers west of the Achurjan River (Arpaçay). It is a three-aisled basilica with a dome . The foundation of this cathedral of the Armenian Apostolic Church was built in 631, and in 639 the Mren Cathedral was completed.
This Christian building has been on the World Monuments Watch list since 2013 .
See also
- Odsun Church , an architecturally similar and contemporary three-aisled basilica and cathedral in Odsun , Armenia
- Tekor basilica
- Varzahan monastery
literature
- Patrick Donabédian: Documentation of the art places. In: Jean-Michel Thierry: Armenian Art . Herder, Freiburg 1988, p. 565f
- Christina Maranci: Building Churches in Armenia: Art at the Borders of Empire and the Edge of the Canon. In: The Art Bulletin, Vol. 88, No. 4, College Art Association, Dec 2006, pp. 656-675
- Michel and Nicole Thierry: La cathédrale de Mren et sa decoration. In: Cahiers Archaéologiques 21 (1971) 43-77.
- Christina Maranci: New Observations on the Frescoes at Mren. In: Revue des Études Arméniennes 35 (2013) 203–225.
- Christina Maranci: Vigilant Powers: Three Churches of Early Medieval Armenia (Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages 8). Brepols, Turnhout 2015.
Web links
- Dickran Kouymjian: Index of Armenian Art: Armenian Architecture - Mren . In: Armenian Studies Program . California State University, Fresno . Retrieved September 24, 2013.
- The Domed Basilica Church at Mren. VirtualAni
- Mren Cathedral. Rensselaer digital collections
- 3D model by Mren
Coordinates: 40 ° 14 ′ 31.7 ″ N , 43 ° 39 ′ 46.6 ″ E