What is Tzitzernavank Monastery?
'''Tzitzernavank Monastery''' ({{lang-hy|Ծիծեռնավանք}}, ''Swallows Monastery'') is an [[Armenia]]n monastery in the region of [[Kashatagh]] (under control of the [[Nagorno Karabakh Republic]]). The monastery dates from the fourth to sixth centuries and recognized as a native Armenian example of an “oriental” architectural type.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.thais.it/architettura/Armena/Introduzione1.htm |title=Thais.it - Architettura Armena |access-date=2007-12-05 |archive-date=2010-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128060250/http://www.thais.it/architettura/Armena/Introduzione1.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The church of St. Gregory was reopened after a restoration in 1999-2000.<ref>[http://kavkaz.memo.ru/newstext/news/id/595187.html В Цицернаванке праздновали день Святого Георгия Победоносца, Kavkaz.Memo.Ru, 29/9/2003 (in Russian)]</ref> == Other websites == *[http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/iaa_architecture/tsitsernavank.htm Tzitzernavank, The Armenian Studies Program, Csufresno.edu] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928014330/http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/iaa_architecture/tsitsernavank.htm |date=2013-09-28 }} *[http://www.csdca.it/presentazione/testi%20alpago+/chiese.htm Dzidzernavank] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209144407/http://www.csdca.it/presentazione/testi%20alpago+/chiese.htm |date=2012-02-09 }}, Adriano Alpago Novello, ARCHITETTURA ARMENA - Catalogo della MOSTRA DI ARCHITETTURA ARMENA tenuta a Bergamo, presso il Palazzo della Ragione, 1975 - Torino *[http://www.raa.am/Jard/NKR/TZITZERNAVANK.htm Photoes of Tzitzernavank at RAA official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303213723/http://www.raa.am/Jard/NKR/TZITZERNAVANK.htm |date=2021-03-03 }} == References == {{reflist}} {{multistub|religion|Europe}} [[Category:Monasteries]] [[Category:Armenian Apostolic Churches]] [[Category:Republic of Artsakh]] [[Category:1st millennium buildings and structures]]