Photo Noravank by Vigen Hakhverdyan

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Noravank

photographer:

Vigen Hakhverdyan add to favorites

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categories:

architecture, travel, landscape

album(s):

My Armenia

place:

Armenia

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Noravank (meaning new monastery) is a 13th century monastery, located 122 km from Yerevan in a narrow gorge made by the Darichay river, nearby the city of Yeghegnadzor.
Noravank was founded in 1205 by Bishop Hovhannes. The monastic complex includes the church of S. Karapet, S. Grigor chapel with a vaulted hall, and the church of S. Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God). Ruins of various civil buildings and khachkars are found both inside and outside of the compound walls. Noravank was the residence of the Orbelian princes.
The nearest and grandest church is the Astvatsatsin (“Mother of God”) what you see on this photo. This temple is the architecturally dominant structure of Noravank. An original three-tier composition of the building is based on the increasing height of the tiers and the combination of the heavy bottom with the divided middle and the semi-open top. Accordingly, decoration is more modest at the bottom and richer at the top. Employed here as elements of interior decoration are columns, small arches, profiled braces forming crosses of various shapes, medallions, window and door platbands.

published:

mon 4 Aug 2008 00:07

equipment:

digital camera Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL
lens Tokina AT-X 124 AF PRO DX 12-24mm f/4

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https://www.photoforum.ru/photo/450640/