Dzordzor Chapel
Maku, Iran
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The Chapel of Dzordzor, located in Maku County in Iran's West Azerbaijan province, is a surviving remnant of an Armenian monastery that flourished in the fourteenth century before being destroyed and abandoned in the early seventeenth century under Shah Abbas I. Built in the Armenian architectural tradition with Ilkhanid influences, the chapel features a cross plan surmounted by a drum dome, characteristic of medieval Armenian religious architecture. Though some sources date it to the ninth or tenth centuries, construction is most widely attributed to the fourteenth century. The chapel was physically relocated 600 meters by Iranian authorities in 1987–1988 to preserve it from inundation by a newly constructed dam on the Zangmar River. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site on July 6, 2008, as part of the Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran, the Chapel of Dzordzor stands as one of the few extant structures from its monastery complex.
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- Type
- chapel
- Heritage
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, Iranian National Heritage
- Place
- Maku, Iran
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