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Pomploz Church
Պոմբլոզի ժամ; Հովվի եկեղեցի
Location Gülüstan, Nakhchivan
Country Azerbaijan
Denomination Armenian Apostolic Church
History
Founded12-13th centuries
Architecture
Demolished1997–2003
Specifications
Number of domes1

Pomploz Church was an Armenian church located near the village of Gulustan ( Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. [1] The church was located on a hill near the banks of the Araxes river, approximately 300m northwest of the main caravanserai in Old Julfa. [1] [2] [3]

History

The church was founded in 12th or 13th century and was restored in the 15th or 16th century. [2] The church was still standing monument in the 1980s. [1]

Architecture

Pomploz Church was a single-naved domed structure with a semi-circular apse and entrance in the west. There were Armenian inscriptions on its western and northern facades. [2] [3]

Destruction

The church was still extant in the 1980s and it was destroyed at some point between 1997 and September 23, 2003, as documented by Caucasus Heritage Watch. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 302–305. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 106.
  3. ^ a b Ayvazyan Argam, Jugha. Yerevan: Sovetakan grogh. 1984, p. 31.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pomploz Church
Պոմբլոզի ժամ; Հովվի եկեղեցի
Location Gülüstan, Nakhchivan
Country Azerbaijan
Denomination Armenian Apostolic Church
History
Founded12-13th centuries
Architecture
Demolished1997–2003
Specifications
Number of domes1

Pomploz Church was an Armenian church located near the village of Gulustan ( Julfa District) of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. [1] The church was located on a hill near the banks of the Araxes river, approximately 300m northwest of the main caravanserai in Old Julfa. [1] [2] [3]

History

The church was founded in 12th or 13th century and was restored in the 15th or 16th century. [2] The church was still standing monument in the 1980s. [1]

Architecture

Pomploz Church was a single-naved domed structure with a semi-circular apse and entrance in the west. There were Armenian inscriptions on its western and northern facades. [2] [3]

Destruction

The church was still extant in the 1980s and it was destroyed at some point between 1997 and September 23, 2003, as documented by Caucasus Heritage Watch. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 302–305. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b c Ayvazyan, Argam. Nakhijevani ISSH haykakan hushardzannery. Hamahavak tsutsak. Yerevan: Hayastan, 1986, p. 106.
  3. ^ a b Ayvazyan Argam, Jugha. Yerevan: Sovetakan grogh. 1984, p. 31.


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