Matosavank
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The Matosavank ( Armenian Մաթոսավանք ) is a former monastery of the Armenian Apostolic Church in the northern Armenian province of Tavush . It was founded in the 13th century. Today the monastery is abandoned. The buildings have been largely destroyed and the area is overgrown.
location
The monastery is located about three kilometers northwest of the city of Dilijan in the Dilijan National Park . There it stands on a wooded ridge opposite the Juchtak monastery on the right bank of the Bldan River.
history
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Awag Sakarian from the Georgian-Armenian Sakarid dynasty founded the monastery in the 13th century. He had the main church Surb Astwazazin ( Armenian Սուրբ Աստվածածին , "Holy Mother of God ", western Armenian Surp Asdwadsadsin , other romanization Surp Astvazatsin, Surb Astuacacin ) built in 1247. Awag had previously submitted to the fourth Mongolian Great Khan Möngke Khan and was appointed Georgian / Armenian military leader by him.
The main church actually consists of two directly adjoining churches, which were built from roughly hewn stones. The foundation stone for the monastery can be seen on the outer wall. The interiors are plastered, the vaulted ceilings largely preserved. The entrances to the church are on the west wall (with a built-in gawit) and in the in the east wall. Light enters the building through windows in the south wall. South wall are windows. A Gawit is built to the west . It was also built from roughly hewn stones and is plastered on the inside. The Gawit's only window is in the west wall of the vestibule.
On the south wall (behind the altar) the church is connected to the premises of the former library. Part of the vaulted ceiling with the tiled roof has been preserved. There is a small cemetery southeast of the churches. On the site there are some khachkars (artistically hewn memorial stones with a relief cross in the middle, which is surrounded by geometric and plant motifs).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fernando de Marcos: CITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN DILIJAN VOLUME II - ANNEXES. In: Armenia: Urban Development in Secondary Cities (Financed by the Urban Environmental Infrastructure Fund under the Urban Financing Partnership Facility). Asian Development Bank, June 3, 2014, accessed November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Matosavank Monastery - Armeniapedia.org. Retrieved November 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b IMPRESSION WebStudio: Sacvoyage travel Armenia. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on November 20, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 19.1 ″ N , 44 ° 48 ′ 29.2 ″ E