- Sanat Tarihi Yıllığı
- Issue: 21
- Kültür Merkezi Dönüşüm Projesi Bağlamında Surp Vortvots Vorodman Kilisesi
Kültür Merkezi Dönüşüm Projesi Bağlamında Surp Vortvots Vorodman Kilisesi
Authors : Elmon Hançer
Pages : 23-58
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Publication Date : 2012-01-01
Article Type : Research
Abstract :Sultan Mehmed II founded the first Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate in 1461. The first headquarters of Patriarchate which located in Samatya, moved to its present location in Kumkapı in 1641. The Cathedral of Patriarchate Surp Asdvadzadzin Church was rebuilt as a complex by Kirkor Amira Balyan and Hacı Devlet Garabetyan in 1828. Vortvots Vorodman, the church on the southernmost end of the complex is restorated by Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Committee and Armenian community and is named as Vortvots Vorodman Church-Mesrop Mutafyan Cultural Centre.Keywords :