Gevaş, Türkiye
Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Aghtamar
The Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Aghtamar Island, in Lake Van in eastern Turkey, is a medieval Armenian Apostolic cathedral, built in 921 as a palatine church for the kings of Vaspurakan and later serving as the seat of the Catholicosate of Aghtamar. After the Armenian genocide in 1915, it got abandoned and now turned into a museum.
- City
- Gevaş
- Country
- Türkiye
- Category
- Religious
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
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