Əbrəqunus (Armenian: Ապրակունիս, romanized: Aprakunis)[1] is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,747.[citation needed]
Əbrəqunus | |
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Municipality | |
  Əbrəqunus | |
| Coordinates: 39°08′06″N 45°38′13″E / 39.13500°N 45.63694°E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| Autonomous republic | Nakhchivan |
| District | Julfa |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,747 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editA medieval Armenian monastery called Surp Karapet was located in Abrakunis. It stood intact but in a state of disrepair until shortly before 2005, when it was demolished.[2] The main church in the monastery was built in 1381 over the ruins of a previous church. Internally, it was a domed basilica with four piers. The lower parts of the church were built with cut stone, but the dome and its tall drum were of brick and from a later repair. The interior had Persian-style frescoes from the 1740s. On the exterior walls were various relief carvings, crosses, eagles, etc. Beside the south wall was a small chapel dedicated to St. Stephanos. In 1705 a bell tower was added to the roof of this chapel.[3] The main church of the monastic complex was still standing in the 1980s.[4] The church and whatever was remaining from the monastic complex was already totally erased by October 7, 2001.[4] On May 31, 2013, a newly constructed mosque was opened on the place of the former monastery.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Արգամ Այվազյան - Նախիջևանի ԻՍՍՀ հայկական հուշարձանները". armenianhouse.org. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ Maghakyan, Simon; Pickman, Sarah (18 February 2019). "A Regime Conceals Its Erasure of Indigenous Armenian Culture". Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Switzerland-Armenia Parliamentary Group (ed.) "The destruction of Jugha", Bern, 2006. pp. 73–74.
- ^ a b c Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022). Silent Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Ithaca, NY. pp. 272–273. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2022.
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