Kirants Monastery, Armenia

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The architectural ensemble of Kirants Vank (XIII c) is situated 12 km west of the village Kirants (till 1967 town Getashen) in the Tavush region of Armenia, on the left-bank of the picturesque wooded Kirants Jur River ravine.

It consists of three churches, two tunnel-vestibules, a refectory, and remainders of dwelling and auxiliary constructions, encircled in fortified walls with wide vaulted gates.

Most of the buildings (churches, tunnel-vestibules) are built of baked tuff (burnt brick) and from this point of view the ensemble presents one of the unique erections of medieval Armenian architecture (just like the church Srvekh, situated in the same region).

The passage from the underdome square to the inside circle of the dome is realized through the mediation of sails. The front part of the altar and edge of the entry wall are built of huge clearly trimmed stones and are covered with natural and geometrical decorative motives.

The main church presents two-pylon rectangle domed hall (dimensions 11,04x10,5 m), which in the eastern part closes with half-rounded apse and rectangular side-chapels, built on both sides. There are two entries, from the western and southern sides. The dome leans on hardly lancet arches, connecting the pair pylons and the corner parts of the apse.

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