VALARSHAPAT / SHOGHAKAT
Type: Domed Single Nave Basilica
Location:
Date: XIIIth-XVIIth centuries
Evidence for date:
Important details:
State of preservation:
Reconstruction:
Summary: The church known as Shoghakat ("Drop of light")
stands within an imperfectly preserved fortified wall not far from
the church of St. Hrip'sime. The single nave basilica with a dome
on a high drum is characterized by the compactness of its volume.
It was built in the XVIIth century on the site of an earlier (XIIIth
century) building. Some of the wall elements of the apse may go
back to the Vth century. The porch presents elegant motifs derived
from Islamic art.
Bibliography:
AA 1981 24-5
Armenian Studies Program
