Cathedral of Mren
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| Cathedral of Mren | |
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Mren in the early 20th century
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| Basic information | |
| Location | Digor (District), Kars |
| Geographic coordinates | 40°14′32″N 43°39′47″E / 40.242125°N 43.662953°ECoordinates: 40°14′32″N 43°39′47″E / 40.242125°N 43.662953°E |
| Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
| Architectural description | |
| Architectural type | Three-nave basilica with dome |
| Architectural style | Armenian |
| Groundbreaking | 631 |
| Completed | 639 |
The Cathedral of Mren is a 7th-century Armenian church in an abandoned medieval town site called Mren. It is located in the Kars region of Turkey near the border with Armenia, about 1.5 km west of the Akhurian River.
The church of Mren is a domed triple-nave basilica, believed, on the basis of an inscription on its west facade and on stylistic features, to have been built in the 630s or early 640s.
See also[edit]
- Odzun Church, an architecturally similar and contemporaneous three-nave basilica with dome in Odzun, Armenia
Further reading[edit]
- Kouymjian, Dickran. "Index of Armenian Art: Armenian Architecture - Mren". Armenian Studies Program. California State University, Fresno.
- Maranci, Christina, "New Observations on the Frescoes at Mren," Revue des Études Arméniennes 35 (2013): 203-225.
- Thierry, Michel and Nicole, "La cathédral de Mren et sa decoration," Cahiers Archaéologiques 21 (1971): 43-77.
External links[edit]
- The Cathedral of Mren on VirtualAni.org
- The Cathedral of Mren on Gagik Arzumanyan's photo gallery
- Mren Cathedral at the Rensselaer Digital Collections
- 3D model of Mren
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