Shkhmuradi Monastery, Armenia

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The cloister complex Shkhmurad is situated 6 km Southwest of the village Tsakhkavan in Shamshadin region, in a picturesque valley of Akhum River, on the left bank's woody slope. It is an excellent example of combining architecture with nature. It is thought that the monument got its name from a nearby settlement. The ensemble was built in XII-XIII cc. The complex consists of the church of the Holy Virgin, two vestibules, and an erection called "Khoranik". The ruins and the signs of chapels and auxiliary constructions are preserved in the environs.

The church of the Holy Virgin is the main erection of the ensemble. It is built in the middle of the XIII c from local clearly trimmed yellowish porous stone. It is a rectangle on the inside (8,50x7,0 m) and cruciform from outside domed hall. In the eastern part the main apse is situated and there are two-storied side-chapels on both sides. From the inside longitudinal walls come out two pylons, closing with half-pillars, connected with each other by arches and half-pillars on top, and standing on either side of the stage. On the square base through the mediation of sail openings a cylindrical drum rises. On the eastern faзade of the church there are two refined bays, the arched ends of which are crowned with common belt with the windows of the main apse and the side-chapels of the second tier. The church has two entries, which open in the vestibules situated in western and southern sides. The western portal has setting of complicated profile, into which from both sides of the entry khachkars were put, but didnÂ’t preserve.

To the northwest of the complex, on top of gigantic roof, are preserved the ruins of the cyclopic fortress Kal-Kar of VI BC. to IV AC. Some kilometers to west on the way to the ensemble are the remainders of settlements (Khchakhpyur, Karagegh, Spitak Jur) in the environs of which are situated the ruins of medieval chapel.

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