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Dzordzor Monastery (Chapel of the Holy Mother of God)

Barun · Armenian Apostolic

Dzordzor Monastery (Chapel of the Holy Mother of God)
The Chapel of the Holy Mother of God at Dzordzor, near Barun in northwestern Iran.Davood80z / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · resized for display

A brief history

Saint Mary's Chapel is the surviving remnant of Dzordzor's medieval Armenian monastery.

An interesting detail

In 1987–1988 it was moved stone by stone to avoid flooding from a new dam.

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