Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar

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Armenian Apostolic church cultural heritage monument medieval cathedral

The Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar is a renowned 10th-century Armenian church on Akdamar Island in Lake Van, celebrated for its richly carved stone reliefs and significance as a masterpiece of medieval Armenian architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar canonical	1
Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Armenian Apostolic church ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ medieval cathedral ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Aghtamar Cathedral NERFINISHED ⓘ Akdamar Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Armenian architecture ⓘ medieval Armenian architecture ⓘ
builtFor	King Gagik I Artsruni NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfConstruction	10th century ⓘ
constructionEnd	921 ⓘ
constructionStart	915 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Turkey ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Holy Cross ⓘ
denomination	Oriental Orthodox NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedBy	Manuel the Architect NERFINISHED ⓘ
domeType	conical dome ⓘ
function	cathedral church of the Kingdom of Vaspurakan ⓘ
hasApse	yes ⓘ
hasNarthex	yes ⓘ
hasReliefDepicting	King Gagik I Artsruni presenting a model of the church ⓘ New Testament scenes ⓘ Old Testament scenes ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural monument of Turkey ⓘ
historicalUse	seat of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Lake Van NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInHistoricalRegion	Historical Armenia NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaspurakan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Van Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNearCity	Van NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnIsland	Akdamar Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRestorationYear	2005 ⓘ 2006 ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
notableFeature	biblical scenes carved on façades ⓘ exterior narrative reliefs ⓘ ornamental friezes ⓘ richly carved stone reliefs ⓘ
occasionallyUsedForReligiousServices	yes ⓘ
patron	King Gagik I Artsruni NERFINISHED ⓘ
planType	cruciform central-plan church ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
reopenedAsMuseum	2007 ⓘ
significance	important monument of Armenian Christian art ⓘ major tourist attraction in Van Province ⓘ masterpiece of medieval Armenian architecture ⓘ
underwentRestoration	yes ⓘ
yearConsecrated	921 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vaspurakan → contains → Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar ⓘ

Van → hasLandmark → Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island