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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 372 W: 5 N: 657]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (3869) | Island of Akdamar is located in the 50.km of highway of Van-Tatvan and is 4 km far away from the seaside.
The Akdamar Church was established by the king of Vaspurakan, Gagik the first, in years between 915 - 921. The king designed the church himself but built by architect Manuel. It was converted to monastery in 1113, when Kingdom of Vaspurakan came to end in 1021 and the Akdamar Church became the centre of the Armenian Patriarchate till 1895. After becoming the monastery, it started to be called Holly Cross Church.
At the end of the XIII. Century the Stephanus Chapel, in 1296 the Zacharias Chapel and in 1763 the Jamatun to the west of the church and lastly in the first half of XIX. Century the Tower of Gong were built.
The Akdamar Church has the best architectural decoration in the zone. In the outside part of the church you can see different themes done with different techniques of reliefs with different heights. In the first floor, started from the ground, the parts from the Bible and the Torah can be seen. The persons, princes, kings, saints related with Armenian history can be seen in the part of religious themes. Besides the beauty in the outside, the inside of the Akdamar Church is also famous with its frescos.
Akdamar adası Van-Tatvan karayolunun 50. km.sinde kıyıdan yaklaşık 4 km. uzaklıkta bulunmaktadır.
Akdamar Kilisesi Vaspurakan kralı I. Gagik tarafından 915-921 yılları arasında yaptırılmıştır.Kiliseyi kral kendisi tasarlamış, uygulamayı keşiş mimar Manuel yapmıştır.1021 yılında Vaspurakan Krallığı ortadan kalkınca 1113 te yapılar manastıra çevrilmiştir ve 1895 yılına kadar kilise bölgedeki Ermeni Patrikliği merkezi olmuştur.Akdamar kilisesi manastır olduktan sonra Kutsal Haç kilisesi adıyla anılır.
Kutsal Haç Kilisesine XIII. Yüzyıl sonlarında Stephanus şapeli, 1296 da Zacharias şapeli, 1763 te kilisenin batısındaki jamatun ve son olarakta XIX. Yüzyılın başlarında çan kulesi yapılmıştır.
Akdamar Kilisesi, yörenin en zengin mimari süslemelerine sahiptir. Kilisenin dış cephelerinde, farklı yükseklikliklerde ve kuşaklar halinde dolanan kabartma tekniğinde işlenmiş değişik konular mevcuttur.Alttan itibaren birinci kuşakta incil ve tevrattan alınan konular anlatılmaktadır.Dini konular arasında Ermeni tarihiyle ilgili kişiler, prensler, krallar ve azizler görülür. Kilisenin dış cephelerindeki kabartma süslemelere karşılık, iç mekanda zengin fresklere yer verilmiştir. |
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WepWaWet
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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 264 W: 255 N: 295]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-g-g.gif) (2018) |
Darkened.
More contrast to the background.
More saturation.
I hope you like it,
Roland |
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WepWaWet
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First of all I cropped the image to place the church more on the thirds intersection, then I checked the histogram, that was OK and, after selecting the sky and darkened it a bit, I did levels, curves and finally sharpened the image.
I hope you like it.
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