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 Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well preserved carving on the exterior portraying George and the Dragon. 
 Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical

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Photographer: Peter Michael Rhodes
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Upload Date: 2014-08-30 16:31:45
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Turkey, Anatolia: Akdamar Kilisesi (Church of the Holy Cross), one

of the gems of Armenian architecture, dating from 921 AD, stands abandoned on an island in Lake Van. Builder: Gagik Artzruni, King of Vaspurkan.
Here: well preserved carving on the exterior portraying George and the Dragon.
Keywords: architecture, picturesque, culture, historic, heritage, stone-carving, Christian, biblical