Ktuts monastery
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Coordinates: 38°36′31.68″N 43°5′2.17″E / 38.6088°N 43.0839361°E
Ktuts monastery with Mount Sipan in background (1986)
Ktuts monastery (Armenian: Կտուց, meaning beak in Armenian) is an abandoned 15th century Armenian monastery on the small island of Ktuts (Çarpanak) in Lake Van, Vaspurakan (present-day Turkey).[1]
Ktuts Monastery is situated on a small island in the middle of lake van, Turkey.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Ktuts' Anapat". Rensselaer Digital Collections. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. http://digitool.rpi.edu:8881/R/3EICQBYRI1RSQ936658IRU8LN5GPYMYGRUP2VUR3I9FA2UDVPP-00949?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=7582&local_base=GEN01&pds_handle=GUEST. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
[edit] External links
- Ktuts' Anapat (pictures and information at Rensselaer Digital Collections)
- A recent photo of the island-monastery