Əbrəqunus

Əbrəqunus (Abragunus; also, Əbrəqunis, Əbrəkunis, and Abrakunis) is a village and municipality in the Julfa Rayon of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It has a population of 2,747.

Əbrəqunus
Municipality
Əbrəqunus
Coordinates: 39°08′06″N 45°38′13″E
Country Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
RayonJulfa
Population
 • Total2,747
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

A legend connects the settlement's name to an Armenian patriarch named Arbak.

A medieval Armenian monastery called Surp Karapet was located in Abrakunis. It stood intact but in a state of disrepair until shortly before 2005, when it was demolished.[1] The main church in the monastery was built in 1381 over the ruins of a previous church. Internally, it was a domed basilica with four piers. The lower parts of the church were built with cut stone, but the dome and its tall drum were of brick and from a later repair. The interior had Persian-style frescoes from the 1740s. On the exterior walls were various relief carvings, crosses, eagles, etc. Beside the south wall was a small chapel dedicated to St. Stephanos. In 1705 a bell tower was added to the roof of this chapel.[2] The monastery had a fortified enclosure wall made of mud brick. Beside the entrance to the church was a khachkar with an inscription dated 1074.

References
  1. Maghakyan, Simon; Pickman, Sarah (18 February 2019). "A Regime Conceals Its Erasure of Indigenous Armenian Culture". Hyperallergic. Hyperallergic. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  2. Switzerland-Armenia Parliamentary Group (ed.) "The destruction of Jugha", Bern, 2006. p73-74.


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