Armenian Architecture And Churches in Turkey

[KanadaHye]

Today there are only a couple of dozen Armenian churches still functioning in Turkey. In the decade before the 1915 genocide, the Armenian Patriarchate in Constantinople produced an official list of all the functioning Armenian churches within the Turkish Empire. They counted 210 monasteries, 700 monastic churches, and 1639 parish churches. This list did not include Armenian churches outside the Patriarchate's jurisdiction - such as those belonging to Armenian Protestants or those in the Kars region which was then part of the Russian empire. It also did not included the many hundreds of abandoned medieval churches and monasteries in eastern Turkey.

This website highlights the remains of some of the Armenian churches and monasteries in Turkey (many of which have been abandoned since 1915), together with a selection of other Armenian-related monuments.


http://www.virtualani.org/beyondani.htm

Some of the architecture and designs on these buildings are truly remarkable and displays the workmanship of the Armenian people.

[TomServo]

Re: Armenian Architecture And Churches in Turkey

Some of the architecture and designs on these buildings are truly remarkable and displays the workmanship of the Armenian people.

I know someone who cares a lot for this architecture, probably more than Armenians, but whenever he tries to point us in the right direction he is insulted and treated with disrespect.