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14-Sep-2012 Dick Osseman

Van 4644 14092012.jpg

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This church, St. Sophia, to the south of the main monastery, was commissioned by Khoshush, the daughter of King Gagik of Ani and the wife of Senekerim, future king of Vaspurakan, and built in the year 981. Its plan was a domed-hall type. It collapsed in an earthquake in 1648 and was not rebuilt.

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