Zvartnots (Armenian: Զվարթնոց meaning celestial angels) is a town located in Armenian province of Armavir, about 10 km west from Yerevan, approximately half way to Echmiadzin. Armavir (Armenian: Ô±Ö€Õ´Õ¡Õ¾Õ«Ö€) is one of the provinces of Armenia. ... Yerevan (Armenian: ÔµÖ€Õ¥Ö‚Õ¡Õ¶ or ÔµÖ€Ö‡Õ¡Õ¶; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erebuni and Erivan) (population: 1,088,300 (2004 estimate) [1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia. ... The cathedral (480, 618) The church of St. ...

Yerevan international airport is located near the town Zvartnots. Zvartnots Airport (the IATA airport code is EVN) is located near Zvartnots, about 10 km west of Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. ...

The Zvartnots Cathedral

Ruins of the Cathedral

Plan of the Cathedral, as sketched by Toros Toramanian

Between 643 and 652 the Katholikos Nerses III (nicknamed the builder) built a majestic St. George cathedral at the place where a meeting between king Trdat III and Gregory the Illuminator was supposed to have taken place. In 930 the church was ruined by an earthquake, and remained buried until its rediscovery in the early 20th century. The site was excavated between 1900 and 1907, uncovering the foundations of the cathedral as well as the remains of the katholikos's palace and a winery. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 935 KB) Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Zvartnots User:Super cyclist/Sandbox Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 935 KB) Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Zvartnots User:Super cyclist/Sandbox Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera... This image was scanned from Medieval Armenian Architecture: Constructions of Race and Nation by Christina Maranci. ... This image was scanned from Medieval Armenian Architecture: Constructions of Race and Nation by Christina Maranci. ... Events Rothari, King of the Lombards, issues the Lombard law code. ... Events Khazaria becomes an independent state (approximate date) Rodoald succeeds his father Rothari as king of the Lombards Births Clotaire III, king of the Franks Deaths Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, uncle of Muhammed, progenitor of the Abbasids Saint Ida of Nivelles, widow of Pippin of Landen, monastic foundress Rothari... The Catholicos of Armenia (plural Catholicoi, due to its Greek origin) is the head bishop of Armenias dominant church, the Armenian Apostolic Church. ... Tiridates III. Tiridates III (or Trdat III) was a king of Armenia (286-330), and is also known as Tiridates the Great. ... Saint Gregory the Illuminator (alternate: Armenian: Ô³Ö€Õ«Õ£Õ¸Ö€ Ô¼Õ¸Ö‚Õ½Õ¡Ö‚Õ¸Ö€Õ«Õ¹ translit. ... Events With the establishment of the Icelandic Althing, now the worlds oldest parliament, the Icelandic Commonwealth is founded. ... An earthquake is a phenomenon that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energy that radiates seismic waves. ...

The interior of the fresco-decorated church had the shape of a Greek cross with three aisles, while the exterior was a 32-sided polygon which appeared circular from a distance. Modern scholars accept the conclusion of Toros Toramanian, who worked on the original excavations, that the building had three floors. Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In a modern church an aisle is a row down the middle of the church with a set of pews on each side. ... Look up Polygon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Some sources claim that the Zvartnots cathedral is depicted upon Mount Ararat in one of frescoes of Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. This is not very likely, however, as the fresco was painted more than 300 years after destruction of the church. Mount Ararat (Armenian Ô±Ö€Õ¡Ö€Õ¡Õ¿; Turkish AÄŸrı Dağı; Kurdish Agirî, Ararat; Persian آرارات Ararat; Hebrew אררט, Standard Hebrew Ararat, Tiberian Hebrew ), the tallest peak in modern Turkey, is a snow-capped dormant volcanic cone, located in the far northeast of Turkey, 16 km west of Iran and 32 km south of Armenia. ... Fresco by Dionisius representing Saint Nicholas. ... La Sainte-Chapelle (French for The Holy Chapel) is a Gothic chapel on the Ile de la Cité in the heart of Paris, France. ... The Eiffel Tower, the international symbol of the city, as viewed from the Trocadéro This article is about the capital and largest city in France. ...

Together with churches in Echmiadzin, Zvartnots was inscribed into UNESCO World Heritage list in 2000. The cathedral (480, 618) The church of St. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

A drawing of the cathedral was depicted on the first issue of 100 AMD banknotes and its model can be seen in the history museum in Yerevan. Symbol: None 1/100th unit: luma USD exchange: 452 (July 2005) GBP exchange: 790 (July 2005) The Dram (AMD) is the monetary unit of Armenia. ... Yerevan (Armenian: ÔµÖ€Õ¥Ö‚Õ¡Õ¶ or ÔµÖ€Ö‡Õ¡Õ¶; sometimes written as Erevan; former names include Erebuni and Erivan) (population: 1,088,300 (2004 estimate) [1]) is the largest city and capital of Armenia. ...

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External links

• Zvartnots at Armenica.org
• Armeniapedia.org
• Unesco
• Armenian Architecture
• World 66
• Armenian Highland

References

• Armenia: Landscape and Architecture, Karoly Gink and Karoly Gombos, Corvina Press, 1974
• Medieval Armenian Architecture: Constructions of Race and Nation, Christina Maranci, Peeters, 2001