Tekor basilica

Tekor Basilica on an engraving from the 1840s

The Church of Sankt Sarkis in Tekor ( Armenian Տեկորի տաճար , Turkish Aziz Sargis Kilisesi ), also known as the Tekor Basilica , was an Armenian church in historical Armenia , today in eastern Turkey , according to the dating of Josef Strzygowski . It was destroyed by earthquakes and built over by the city administration in the 1960s.

The Tekor basilica was located opposite the town of Digor in the province of Kars about 16 km west of the Armenian border. Tekor was a three-aisled longitudinal cross -domed church . It was almost completely destroyed by earthquakes in 1911 and 1935. Low remains of the wall were removed in the 1960s to build a town hall (also destroyed today). The inscriptions dating the building to the 480s were the oldest known Armenian inscriptions.

Until its destruction, the Tekor basilica was considered the oldest Armenian domed basilica.

See also

• Varzahan monastery
• Karmravank

literature

• Garbis Armen: An Architecture of Survival . Ottawa 1992, ISBN 0-9695988-0-7 .

Web links

Commons : Tekor Basilica  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Dickran Kouymjian: Index of Armenian Art Armenian Architecture - Tekor: St. Sarkiss . In: Armenian Studies Program . California State University, Fresno . Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. 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. Retrieved October 21, 2013. 
2. ^ The Tekor Basilica . VirtualAni

Coordinates: 40 ° 22 ′ 17 "  N , 43 ° 24 ′ 53"  E