Church of the Holy Mother of God, Darashamb

Church of the Holy Mother of God, Darashamb
Church of the Holy Mother of God
Սուրբ Ասսուածածին Եկեղեցի *
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Church of the Holy Mother of God along the Araks River
Country Flag of Iran.svg Iran
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iii, vi
Reference 1262
Region ** Asia-Pacific
Inscription history
Inscription 2008 (32rd Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List
** Region as classified by UNESCO

The Church of Saint Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Ասսուածածին Եկեղեցի, or Church of the Holy Mother of God) is a 17th century Armenian church in the Valley of the Araxes along the Araks river in Iran near Darashamb.[1]

References

  1. ^ Novello, Adriano Alpago (1986), The Armenians (1st ed.), Italy: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., p. 182, ISBN 0-8478-0731-2, OCLC 13796582 

See also

  • Saint Stepanos Monastery, an Armenian monastery about 2 kilometers southeast
  • Julfa Armenian cemetery, an early modern Armenian cemetery 10 kilometers east
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The Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran (St Thaddeus Monastery, St Stepanos Monastery, Chapel of Dzordzor, Chapel of Chupan, and Church of the Holy Mother of God) · Bam and its Cultural Landscape · Bistoun · Chogha Zanbil · Naqsh-e Jahan Square · Pasargadae · Persepolis · The Persian Gardens (Pasargad Pserian, Chehel Sotoun, Fin, Eram, Shazdeh, Dolatabad, Abbasabad, Akbarieh and Pahlevanpour) · Sheikh Safi's Tomb · Soltaniyeh · Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System · Tabriz Bazaar · Takht-i-Suleiman
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