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View of the Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island

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View of the Church of the Holy Cross on Akdamar Island

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    June 27, 2022

    Akdamar is the second largest island in Lake Van in Eastern Anatolia (Turkey). The island was a palace of the Armenian kings of Vaspurakan of the Artsruni dynasty from 908 to 1021, residence of the Catholicos of Dvin 920/931 – 950/992[1][2] and seat of the Catholicos of Aghtamar from 1116 to 1895. Aghtamar was for a long time the cultural center of the Armenians in the Armenian Highlands.

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