Kasagh Basilica

The Kasagh Basilica (Քասաղի բազիլիկա),^[1][2] formally known as the Holy Cross Church (Սուրբ Խաչ եկեղեցի, Surb Khach yekeghetsi), is an early medieval Armenian church in the town of Aparan in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia.^[3] It is dated by scholars to the fourth or fifth century.^[1][4][5] It was originally within the grounds of the Arsacid (Arshakuni) dynasty palace.^[1][5] The church was partly restored in 1877.^[4]

Aparan Basilica
The basilica in 2014
Religion
Affiliation	Armenian Apostolic Church
Location
Location	Aparan, Aragatsotn Province, Armenia
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Geographic coordinates	40.595065°N 44.357969°E / 40.595065; 44.357969
Architecture
Type	Single-nave undomed basilica
Style	Armenian
Completed	4th or 5th century

Gallery

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  The basilica in 2008
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  View from west side
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See also

• List of the oldest churches

References

1. Shakhkyan, G. (1986). "Քասաղի բազիլիկ [Kasagh basilica]". Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia Volume 12 (in Armenian). p. 419.
2. "Armeniaculture.am". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-01-02.
3. Edwards, Robert W., "Kʽasał" (2016). The Eerdmans Encyclopedia of Early Christian Art and Archaeology, ed., Paul Corby Finney. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-0-8028-9017-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
4. Thierry, Jean-Michel (1989). Armenian Art. New York: Harry N. Abrams. p. 545. ISBN 0-8109-0625-2.
5. Arakelian, Babken N.; Yeremian, Suren T.; Arevshatian, Sen S.; Bartikian, Hrach M.; Danielian, Eduard L.; Ter-Ghevondian, Aram N., eds. (1984). Հայ ժողովրդի պատմություն հատոր II. Հայաստանը վաղ ֆեոդալիզմի ժամանակաշրջանում [History of the Armenian People Volume II: Armenia in the Early Age of Feudalism] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences Publishing. p. 566.

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