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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Isfahan (Iran)en_US
dc.creatorUnknownen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-02T20:11:24Z
dc.date.available2011-08-02T20:11:24Z
dc.identifier161937en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/67304en_US
dc.descriptionThe All Saviour's Cathedral, locally known as the Vank Cathedral or the Church of the Saintly Sisters, is the most famous example of Isfahan's Christian religious architecture. An exemplary specimen of Armenian architectural achievement, the cathedral represents different stages of political, economic and social status of this minority community in Iran since the mid-seventeenth century. The Vank Cathedral was one of the first churches to be established in the city's Julfa quarter by Armenian immigrants settled by Shah Abbas I after the Ottoman War of 1603-05. The varying fortunes and independence of this suburb across the Zayandeh River and its eclectic mix of European missionaries, mercenaries and travelers can be traced almost chronologically in the cathedral's combination of building styles and contrasts in it's external and internal architectural treatment. Source: http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=8383 [Accessed August 7, 2012]en_US
dc.descriptionexterior, view of courtyard, with clock tower, belfry, and cathedral, 1999en_US
dc.format.mediumbricken_US
dc.relation.ispartof121202en_US
dc.rights(c) MIT Libraries, Aga Khan Visual Archive,photograph by Khosrow Bozorgien_US
dc.subjectCathedralsen_US
dc.subjectArmeniansen_US
dc.subjectIran --History --Safavid dynasty, 1501-1736en_US
dc.subjectArchitecture --Islamic influencesen_US
dc.subjectArchitecture --Iranen_US
dc.subjectChurch buildingsen_US
dc.subjectDomesen_US
dc.subjectCourtyardsen_US
dc.subjectClock towersen_US
dc.subjectBelfriesen_US
dc.titleAll Saviour's Cathedralen_US
dc.title.alternativeVank Churchen_US
dc.title.alternativeSurb Amenaperkitchen_US
dc.title.alternativeVank Cathedralen_US
dc.typeImageen_US
dc.rights.accessAll rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode8-17en_US
vra.culturalContextArmenianen_US
vra.culturalContextPersianen_US
vra.techniqueconstructionen_US
vra.worktypeChurchen_US
dc.contributor.displayArmenian, Persianen_US


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