Zvartnots Cathedral | |
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Զվարթնոցի տաճար | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Status | in ruins |
Location | |
Location | Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armavir Province, Armenia |
Geographic coordinates | 40°09′35″N 44°20′12″E / 40.159714°N 44.336575°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Central-plan aisled tetra-conch (Circular) |
Style | Armenian |
Groundbreaking | 643 |
Completed | 652 |
Specifications | |
Height (max) | 45 meters |
Materials | tufa, pumice and obsidian |
Official name: Cathedral and Churches of Etchmiadzin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots | |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | (ii) (iii) |
Designated | 2000 (24th session) |
Reference no. | 1011-006 |
Region | Caucasus |
Zvartnots Cathedral (Armenian: Զուարթնոց (classical); Զվարթնոց (reformed), sometimes rendered in scholarly works as Zuart'nots' or Zuart'noc' ; lit. 'place of reserection/lifefulness/joyfulness') is a medieval Armenian cathedral near Vagharshapat (Ejmiatsin), Armenia. Built in the seventh century and now lying in ruins, Zvartnots was noted for its circular exterior structure, unique in medieval Armenian architecture, and a set of interior piers that upheld a multifloor structure crowned with a dome.